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Putting the REIT Maturity Crunch into Perspective

I ask again, with massive BKs in small biz, malls going 1/2 empty, drive around, see for yourself, are they going to pay the dividends out of this yield that you claim, or from RENTS? I say every REIT dividend is at risk for a 30-50% haircut. Commercial r.e. is only starting to implode, financing or not, retail, office, all are overbuilt and bankruptcies are soaring. No I'm not short. I got laid off from grocery, after almost a year, I know the grocery biz like the back of my hand. They are losing money. Adjacent stores are closing. I drove into Dan Diego where I had my office 9 yrs ago, EVERY strip mall is a ghost town, 30-50% vacant.

Putting the REIT Maturity Crunch into Perspective

Does this mean REIT dividends will be cut? I saw SSS cut by 30%, "starting" in July.

Ben Bernanke's Tightrope Act

I remind you Volcker warned about DERIVATIVES,(5+yrs ago?), no one listened.

Ben Bernanke's Tightrope Act

Who cares what Bernanke said IN 2002? That's means nothing. He's owned by the Bush-Republican re-election now. Paulson is the messenger. Bernanke said <bank failures, inflation anchored, it doesn't matter if other countries price oil in another currency>...! THANK'S FOR THE INVITATION, BEN. It wasn't just the bad economic data yesterday, the market has lost almost all confidence in this idiot. Like Jim Rogers said, he should resign.
Peter Schiff sums it up in simple terms>
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