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Open Letter to SEC: Wall Street's REIT Bait-and-Switch

Weingarten is one of the better REIT's, I have followed it for more than 15 years. Their ability to sell sizeable stock so as to replace debt is a good sign and that alone is worthy of an analyst reconsidering their viewpoint as to the company's prospects. I don't know the analyst or her age, experience, reputation etc. so I wouldn't necessarily consider her opinion too highly on my reasons to buy or sell. I also think occasional conflicts of interest are inevitable and don't mean collusion or some secret plan to defraud us poor unsuspecting investors.