A) Basic Homework
1. Country it operates in and outlook
2. Currency movement (if applicable)
3. Industry
4. Peers/Competitors
5. Asset track record
- How many?
- Location?
- Freehold/Leasehold?
- Cap Rate?
- Does property valuation increase over time? If so, due to ?
6. Tenancy track record
- Tenancy type and mix
- Positive rental reversion?
- Increasing occupancy?
- Duration to backfill?
7. REIT manager record
- Does the REIT manager reports their results adequately ?
- Does asset mgr did genuinely good acquisitions or divestments (i.e. not just for the sake of earning fees) ?
B) On-going Homework
1. If desire to "trade" a bit:
i) buy when RSI <20 and the REIT 3-6m outlook is positive
ii) sell when RSI >80 and the REIT 3-6m outlook is negative.
2. If no desire to "trade",
i) subscribe to REIT newsletter to get notified of any corporate action or announcement.
ii) review the REIT quarterly. If consecutively 3 quarters I see negative news, I will reduce/exit in the following quarter.
Occasionally, I share snippets of my homework, such as in post #1390 in the FLCT thread, which I wrote the following on 16 Jul 2021.
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Personally, I do not monitor the price daily. Typically, SG REIT is boring (not as exciting as US mkts).
Take note FLCT is going to do valuation soon (should be Sep). Its logistics property in EU and AU are more valuable now. Coupled with the more favourable exchange rate, its NAV is likely to increase. This is likely to push FLCT to trade at a higher price. In addition, with current yield being quite low, it is also easier for FLCT to have DPU and NAV accretive acquisition.
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Fast forward to the the results in Q4 21, we have seen its NAV indeed improved (rather significantly).
Morale of the story is regardless of what you choose to believe/invest (e.g. dividend stocks, growth stocks etc), always do your homework and know what you are doing. Don't be staunch believers of some specific strategies just because its advocated by someone else.