Retail REIT's

A portfolio is constructed from many different stocks, and I have a continued theme that may attract your interest. Dividends are a large part to investing, even though they may seem to be insignificant in the short run. When dividends are reinvested, they create large gains over time with the...

A General Growth Properties (OTC; GGWPQ) shareholder, James Young, has filed a suit against the company. According to the shareholder, the company should not have rejected Simon Property Group Inc. (NYSE: SPG) $10 billion bid. General Growth Properties (GGWPQ) has refused to comment on the...

Simon Property Group, Inc. (NYSE: SPG) Chief Executive David Simon sent a letter to General Growth Properties Inc.'s Chief Executive Adam Merz, related to General Growth's reaction to a $10 billion takeover bid from Simon Property Group. General Growth Properties wants Simon Property Group to sign...

Shares of the real estate investment trust Developers Diversified Realty C (NYSE: DDR) rose more than 2% in morning trading after being upgraded by RBC Capital Markets from Underperform to Sector Perform with a price target of $9. The upgrade is the first for Developers Diversified Realty C in...

Sunoco Logistics Partners LP (NYSE: SXL) was upgraded by RBC Capital Markets from “sector perform” to “out perform.” SXL’s shares slipped 1.93% to $23.09 at 10:22 am. SXL has a 52-week trading range of $43.15-$71.17. SXL’s shares have gained 0.46% year to date. Read more about this company here....

Shares of Realty Income Properties (NYSE: O) have risen quite nicely since we first mentioned them on Tuesday with our article General Growth Property Buyout: Could Realty Income Corporation Be Next?. At the time, shares were at $27.23 per share and closed today at $28.75 per share. In order to...

Simon Property Group, Inc. (NYSE: SPG) offered more than $10 billion to buy General Growth Properties, Inc. (OTC: GGWPQ) out of bankruptcy. Simon’s proposal offers equity investor about $9 a share but Pershing Square Capital Management LP, General Growth’s largest shareholder, said that the stock...

US housing starts hit their highest in six months in January, while industrial output jumped 0.9%, signaling that the economic recovery was taking a firm hold. According to the Commerce Department, groundbreaking activity for new homes rose 2.8% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 591,000 units...

Analysts at BofA/Merrill upgrade Taubman Centers (NYSE: TCO) from "neutral" to "buy." The target price for TCO has been raised from $35.5 to $40. TCO’s share price rose 3.50% to close at $35.76 yesterday. More Analyst Ratings here

ProShares UltraShort Silver (ETF) (NYSE: ZSL) is trading 7.8% down today as silver trades in the positive territory. ZSL corresponds to twice the inverse of the performance of silver bullion. Oil is up today, while ProShares UltraShort DJ-UBS Crude Oil ETF (NYSE: SCO) dropped 7.59%. SCO...

Copper is up approximately 4% and other base metals are also doing well today, which is good for PowerShares DB Base Metals Double Long ETN (NYSE: BDD) owners. BDD gained 10.53% so far. ProShares Ultra Silver (ETF) (NYSE: AGQ) is trading 7.54% up as silver jumped 3.6%. AGQ currently trades around $...

Simon Property Group, Inc. (NYSE: SPG), the largest real estate Investment Trust, announced a deal today to buy General Growth Properties, Inc. (NYSE: GGP), thus putting an end to one of the largest bankruptcies on record in the US. As part of the offer, Simon would provide 100% cash recovery on...