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Occupational Improvement
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Fits and Starts
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Health in Healthcare
(U.S. REIT dividend yield by sector) By Jason Lail REITs are required to pay out 90 percent of their taxable income in dividends; hence, dividend yield is an important metric to look at when evaluating REIT stocks. As of Nov. 1, healthcare REITs provided the highest dividend yield among all sectors at 4.87 percent. Three healthcare REITs—Omega Healthcare Investors, Care Investment Trust and Senior Housing Properties Trust—provided dividend yields greater than 7 percent, with Omega Healthcare Investors leading the way at 7.59 percent. Omega Health Investors has steadily increased its dividends during 2012, moving from a 41 cents payout…
Value Equation
(national cap rate performance based on properties and portfolios of $2.5 million and greater)