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Stocks Going Ex Dividend the Fourth Week of March
Saturday, March 12, 2011 - 11:47pm | 702Here is our latest update on the stock trading technique called 'Buying Dividends'. This is the process of buying stocks before the ex dividend date and selling the stock shortly after the ex date at about the same price, yet still being entitled to the dividend. This technique generally works only...
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Fitch Rates Health Care REIT, Inc.'s $1.4B Senior Unsecured Note Issuance 'BBB'
Thursday, March 10, 2011 - 3:46pm | 120Fitch Ratings has assigned 'BBB' ratings to the $1.4 billion senior unsecured note issuance priced March 9, 2011 by Health Care REIT, Inc. (NYSE: HCN). The notes are being issued in five-, 11-, and 30-year tranches, and will rank equally with other senior unsecured indebtedness of HCN. The $400...
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Entertainment Properties Trust Increases Common Share Dividends by~8% & Announces Dividends on Preferred Shares
Thursday, March 10, 2011 - 3:35pm | 62Entertainment Properties Trust (NYSE: EPR) today announced that its Board of Trustees has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.70 per share for its common shares for the first quarter of 2011. The dividend is payable April 15, 2011 to shareholders of record on March 31, 2011. This dividend...
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Morgan Keegan Updates Its Model On Health Care REIT Following Offering
Thursday, March 10, 2011 - 8:36am | 149Health Care REIT (NYSE: HCN) issued $1.4 billion of senior notes yesterday in five, eleven, and thirty-year tranches. As a result, the company's capital structure will have more debt and less equity than had previously modeled. The minor resulting changes to Morgan Keegan's estimates have no...
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RW Baird Upgrades HPT To Outperform
Thursday, March 10, 2011 - 7:25am | 57Analysts at RW Baird upgrade Hospitality Properties Trust (NYSE: HPT) from “neutral” to “outperform.” The target price for HPT has been raised from $23 to $26. HPT shares lost 0.18% to close at $22.70 yesterday. More Analyst Ratings here
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Benzinga's Top Downgrades (MOS, CLR, XOMA, CSA)
Wednesday, March 9, 2011 - 9:21am | 143Mosaic Company (The) (NYSE: MOS) was downgraded by Citigroup from "buy" to "hold." MOS' shares closed at $81.56 yesterday. Mosaic's PEG ratio is 1.40. Morgan Keegan downgraded Continental Resources Inc (NYSE: CLR) from “outperform” to “market perform.” CLR's stock closed at $66.30 yesterday....
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Jefferies Downgrades CSA To Hold
Wednesday, March 9, 2011 - 7:42am | 54Analysts at Jefferies downgrade Cogdell Spencer Inc (NYSE: CSA) from “buy” to “hold.” The target price for CSA has been lowered from $7 to $6. CSA shares closed at $6.09 yesterday. More Analyst Ratings here
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Top Ylelding REITs
Wednesday, March 9, 2011 - 1:17am | 533It you think real estate is on the road to recovery, then one of the best ways to invest is through the use of Real Estate Investment Trusts, also known as REITs. These investments pass through almost all their income to avoid double taxation, which is what most regular corporations are subject to...
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Top 4 Small-Cap Stocks In The REIT-Healthcare Facilities Industry With The Highest Operating Margin (NHI, LTC, MPW, UHT)
Tuesday, March 8, 2011 - 3:24am | 151Below are the top small-cap REIT-healthcare facility stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of operating margin. The trailing-twelve-month operating margin at National Health Investors Inc (NYSE: NHI) is 75.24%. NHI's ROE for the same period is 14.17%. The trailing-twelve-month operating...
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UPDATE: Wells Fargo Downgrades Nationwide Health Properties to Market Perform (NHP)
Monday, March 7, 2011 - 10:32am | 174Wells Fargo is out with its report today on Nationwide Health Properties (NYSE: NHP), downgrading NHP to Market Perform. In a note sent to clients, Wells Fargo writes, "Ventas announced that it intends to acquire all outstanding shares of NHP; the deal is valued at $7.4B or an approximately 6%+...
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FelCor Establishes Line of Credit of $225M
Monday, March 7, 2011 - 9:30am | 78FelCor Lodging Trust Incorporated (NYSE: FCH) today announced that it has closed a new $225 million secured line of credit with a group of seven banks. J.P. Morgan and BofA Merrill Lynch acted as joint lead arrangers. J.P. Morgan is serving as administrative agent for the bank group. The...
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Wells Fargo Downs NHP To Market Perform
Monday, March 7, 2011 - 6:53am | 50Analysts at Wells Fargo downgrade Nationwide Health Properties Inc (NYSE: NHP) from “outperform” to “market perform.” NHP shares fell 0.51% to close at $40.59 on Friday. More Analyst Ratings here
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Citi Comments On CSA Earnings, Guidance
Friday, March 4, 2011 - 10:18am | 113Cogdell Spencer Inc.'s (NYSE: CSA) core earnings were ahead of Citi driven by lower opex and higher design build income, “but 2011 guidance is below street ests.,” Citi reports. “A significant goodwill impairment relating to Erdman reduces the carrying value to zero, less than three years after CSA...
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BofA/Merrill Initiates BEE With Buy
Friday, March 4, 2011 - 7:39am | 58Analysts at BofA/Merrill initiate coverage of Strategic Hotels & Resorts Inc (NYSE: BEE) with a “buy” rating. The target price for BEE is set to $8. BEE shares jumped 7.21% to close at $6.54 yesterday. More Analyst Ratings here
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Janney Capital Downs CSA To Neutral
Friday, March 4, 2011 - 7:09am | 55Analysts at Janney Capital downgrade Cogdell Spencer Inc (NYSE: CSA) from “buy” to “neutral.” The target price for CSA is set to $6. CSA shares gained 3.23% to close at $6.71 yesterday. More Analyst Ratings here