ACC News and Press, American Campus Communities Inc From 10/16/20

I don’t want to see any businesses – or investors – fail because of circumstances that are completely out of their control. This pandemic and subsequent shutdowns weren’t any REITs’ fault. Yet they’re suffering anyway. For further de...

Depending on who wins the election in November, we could see significant changes to how companies are taxed and regulated. It appears increasingly likely to us that sooner or later, taxes will need to increase as the current deficit cannot go on forever. If and when corporate taxe...

U.S. equity markets delivered their strongest week in three months, driven by solid economic data and renewed hope for a compromise on the ever-elusive fiscal stimulus deal. Following gains of 1.6% last week, the S&P 500 surged 3.9% this week, climbing back within 3% of all-time h...

College Student Fall 2020 Mental Health Report provides current student mindset; Hi, How Are You Project and American Campus Communities encourage conversations about mental wellness with free World Mental Health Day virtual music event The new College Student Fa...

U.S. equity markets snapped a four-week losing streak on a frenetic week of economic data and political developments that culminated with the hospitalization of the President of the United States. Throwing yet another curveball into the home stretch of a highly contentious U.S. electi...

Not all stocks are created equal. Some are better positioned as we go into a sharp recession. We highlight two high-yielding REITs that we expect to strongly outperform in the coming years. For further details see: Forget The Recession - These 2 High-Yielding REITs Win N...

Real Estate Weekly Outlook Is 2020 just getting started? On another choppy week, U.S. equity markets finished mostly lower despite a solid slate of economic and housing data and assurances from the Federal Reserve that it would keep interest rates near-zero indefinitely. In the midst of ...

American Campus Communities ( ACC +4.7% ) agrees to refund ~$1.5M for the fall semester   at on-campus ACE properties so far, vs. the ~$17M in refunds it agreed to for the spring and summer terms combined. More news on: American Campus Communities, Inc., Financial stocks news, ...

American Campus Communities, Inc. (NYSE: ACC), the nation’s largest owner and manager of high-quality student housing properties, today provided an interim leasing update for the 2020-2021 academic year. As of September 11, 2020, the company’s same store owned portfolio was 9...

There are a few things that annoy me. One of those things is seeing investors focus on the wrong metrics. Unfortunately, that happens frequently. Let's talk about the absurd reliance on FFO multiples for equity REIT investors. Are FFO multiples useful? Yes, they are useful. Are they the c...