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The Pack Rat Indicator: Why Hoarding Is a Good Sign December 15, 2016

The Pack Rat Indicator: Why Hoarding Is a Good Sign

The Pack Rat Indicator: Why Hoarding Is a Good Sign No longer just for death, disaster, and divorce, self-storage construction is booming as Americans buy more stuff. December 13, 2016, 4:00 AM EST | by Patrick Clark | Bloomberg For John Bull, a Portland, Ore.-based contractor who specializes in self-storage centers, a typical day entails supervising…
Members of Donald Trump’s DOL landing team oppose fiduciary rule December 15, 2016

Members of Donald Trump’s DOL landing team oppose fiduciary rule

Members of Donald Trump's DOL landing team oppose fiduciary rule While the president-elect's pick to head DOL hasn't said anything about the rule, others on the team have objected to it Dec 14, 2016 @ 1:23 pm | By Mark Schoeff Jr | Investment News Although President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of labor may be a…
Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. Announces Agreement to Acquire a Class A Office Building in Atlanta, Georgia December 14, 2016

Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. Announces Agreement to Acquire a Class A Office Building in Atlanta, Georgia

Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. Announces Agreement to Acquire a Class A Office Building in Atlanta, Georgia December 8, 2016 | Source Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. | Tucson News Now SOURCE Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. ATLANTA, Dec. 8, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. (NYSE: APTS) ("PAC" or the "Company") today announced that on December 2,…
Industrial real estate market is at top of its game, says JLL December 14, 2016

Industrial real estate market is at top of its game, says JLL

Industrial real estate market is at top of its game, says JLL By Jeff Berman, Group News Editor · December 8, 2016 | Logistics Manager The industrial real estate firm pointed to myriad factors for better than good market conditions in 2016, which it said are likely to continue in 2017, including: low interest rates,…
Is CRE Past Market Peak? December 13, 2016

Is CRE Past Market Peak?

Is CRE Past Market Peak? Dec 13, 2016 | by NREI Staff | NREI Based on NREI’s survey of industry professionals in November, fewer commercial real estate insiders believe that the market is at its peak than was the case in October. Forty four percent of those surveyed indicated they believe the commercial real estate market is…
Outlook good for expanded accredited investor definition after strong approval in House December 13, 2016

Outlook good for expanded accredited investor definition after strong approval in House

Outlook good for expanded accredited investor definition after strong approval in House Sailing through the chamber Monday, 391-2, bill includes changes to who is considered a sophisticated investor eligible to participate in private placements Dec 6, 2016 @ 1:07 pm | By Mark Schoeff Jr. | Investment News Congress could act before the end of the year…
Morningstar’s Top Picks for Inflation Protection December 13, 2016

Morningstar’s Top Picks for Inflation Protection

Morningstar's Top Picks for Inflation Protection By Christine Benz | 12-07-16 | 05:00 AM | Morning Star Surveying the fund and ETF landscape, from direct hedges like TIPS to indirect inflation-fighting plays such as floating rate loans and commodities. Over the past decade, many investors have learned some hard lessons about attempting to predict the direction of inflation.…
Alternative Investment Equity Raised in November 2016 December 13, 2016

Alternative Investment Equity Raised in November 2016

Alternative Investment Equity Raised in November 2016 December 13, 2016 | by Beth Glavosek | Blue Vault Blue Vault has compiled sales data on nontraded alternative investments for the month of November. Sales for all categories of alternative investments came in at $621.8 million, and fundraising year to date is $6.27 billion*. In November, nontraded…
Nontraded BDCs Post Annualized Return of 14.7% December 9, 2016

Nontraded BDCs Post Annualized Return of 14.7%

Nontraded BDCs Post Annualized Return of 14.7% December 9, 2016 | Blue Vault Nontraded BDCs this year have produced a median annualized return of 14.7%. Through the end of September 2016, BDCs have performed exceptionally well despite the slowest capital raise in four years. "Unfortunately, many investors are missing out on these returns because financial…

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