REITs Are Set to Bounce in 2025 (and a 7.8% Payer I See Leading the Way)

Real estate investment trusts (REITs) are making a comeback from their post-pandemic downturn—and with the sector still lagging the stock market, we’ve got a chance to buy at attractive discounts. And we’re well set up to add some 7%+ dividend yields—that have started to grow lately—as we do, not in REITs directly, but in REIT-focused closed-end funds (CEFs) . REITs’ Lag Has Been Dramatic, But the Winds Are Shifting While the S&P 500 has enjoyed a 14.0% annualized return over the last five years, as of this writing, REITs, as measured by the performance of the benchmark SPDR Dow Jones REIT ETF (RWR), have returned a paltry 2.6% annualized over the same period.… Read more