Other High-Yielding Equities
REIT stocks are regarded, quite properly, as higher-yielding equities, and thus compete for investment capital, to some extent, with other equities that have historically provided higher than average dividend yields to shareholders. Let's take a brief look at just two of these higher-yielding publicly traded securities: utility shares and master limited partnership interests.
Utility stocks have been a staple of the investment world almost forever, and have often been a favorite of those looking for higher dividend yields as well as lower investment risk. The industry's total market cap is large, at $487 billion as of September 2010. Utility shares represent equity interests in companies that provide basic services, ...
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