NEED ADVICE ON REITs

[brylimme]

Are they good investments? What are the possible pitfalls and what would you advice i buy?

 

[hwmook]

Yes, good investment. If economy bad then they fall, if property crash then game over. Its as good as investing in property and getting dividend from rentals.

 

[Epps_Sg]

have to monitor and be aware of rights issue i think. phillips capital has a SREITs unit trust if you want others to take care of the monitoring and reits selection (for a yearly management fee of course!). I am personally not directly vested in reits.

 

[Saj.Mahal]

Are they good investments? What are the possible pitfalls and what would you advice i buy?

Reits in SG tend to give out btw 5-7% yield. Recent focus on debt / gearing ratio of these reits. Though at around 30% it is comparable to the west, and better than hong kong.

Plans for SG to become a Reit hub, so you'll start seeing more Reits listing in SG, providing greater exposure to foreign country Reits.

Even amongst Reits, they can focus on different types of tenants. E.g., PLife reit / maple tree log.

IMO:
Key risk: interest rates
Secondary risk: over supply

 

[Jango Smith]

SGdividendyield blog

Hey,

you can check this blog for some ideas: sgdividendyield.blogspot.sg

Cheers

 

[Mecisteus]

My advice is you pick up books to read.

http://www.kinokuniya.com/sg/index.php/fbs003?common_param=9789814398039