8-12% Yielding REITs: One To Buy, One To Avoid (It May Cut)

May 20, 2025 9:15 AM ETVNQ, APLE, GMRE12 Comments
Roberts Berzins, CFA
10.22K Followers
(9min)

Summary

  • Since the COVID-19, REITs have experienced massive waves of volatility.
  • Now, the REIT segment seems to have finally stabilized.
  • The good thing is that the stabilization has occurred at a level that offers decent entry points for long-term investors.
  • Another aspect that helps REITs is the flight-to-quality and to inflation-protection areas.
  • In this article, I discuss 2 high-yielding REIT picks. In my view, one is a buy and the other one is a value trap.

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Ivan Kuchin

Real estate investment trusts or REITs have exhibited elevated volatility levels since the outbreak of COVID-19. In the early days of COVID-19, REITs plunged in line with almost all other asset classes. Then the sector experienced a decent recovery as the

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Roberts Berzins has over a decade of experience in the financial management helping top-tier corporates shape their financial strategies and execute large-scale financings. He has also made significant efforts to institutionalize REIT framework in Latvia to boost the liquidity of pan-Baltic capital markets. Other policy-level work includes the development of national SOE financing guidelines and framework for channeling private capital into affordable housing stock. Roberts is a CFA Charterholder, ESG investing certificate holder, has had an internship in Chicago board of trade (albeit, being resident and living in Latvia), and is actively involved in "thought-leadership" activities to support the development of pan-Baltic capital markets.

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