BRMK News and Press, Broadmark Realty Capital Inc From 01/28/20

Real estate is by far my favorite asset class for long-term investments. It combines the benefits of fixed income investments (steady and high income) with the benefits of equity investments (long-term appreciation) all under one beautiful package. It historically has outperformed the broa...

The chase for yield is certainly on, as investors pour trillions of dollars into stocks, real estate, and financial newsletters. While my adversity-driven conservatism has inspired me to be less enthusiastic over the “chase for yield,” I still do recognize that some investors wan...

There's often a lot of uncertainty involved when buying a company that has just recently gone public. But sometimes it is worth the risk. That appears to be true for mortgage real estate investment trust (REIT) Broadmark Realty Capital (NYSE: BRMK) . The reason for this optimism? Broadmark is...

As many of my regular readers know, I am very focused on quality when it comes to selecting REIT investments, and that means I pay very close attention to fundamentals. While there are many ways to determine quality, I have a strong bias for analyzing a company's cost of capital advantages. ...

After a few months of research, head-scratching and decision-making I have completed the rebalancing of the Protected Principal Retirement Portfolio ((PPRP)). With changing world (and local) scenarios, I continue to hold about 12-15% cash reserves in the event that the correction I have been w...

Broadmark Realty Capital Inc. (NYSE: BRMK) (the “Company”), a real estate investment trust providing financing for the acquisition, renovation and development of residential and commercial properties, today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a common stock divi...

Mergers and acquisitions 2019 was the fourth biggest year on record for global M&A, with activity particularly strong in the US. Big deals were particularly common in pharmaceuticals. Bristol-Myers’ ( BMY ) consummated acquisition of Celgene resulted in a contingent value right ...

2019 finishes with an extra kick for investors. Part of that is the continued strong run of the market, erasing memories of last year's near bear market and extending the decade-long bull. There also are plenty of market headlines and events that have sprung over the end of the year, from Ph...

Have you ever heard of the base-10 system? You’ve used it more times than you can count, no doubt. But you’ve probably used it without thinking about how you were using it. Without knowing there was anything else to use, in fact! As a ThoughtCo. writeup puts it: ȁ...

On Monday of this week I did a fairly large re-balancing (for me) of the PPRP, selling two large closed-end fund holdings and replacing them with six stocks and CEFs. While these transactions might not be "major" for some of you, they represented a big step for me, considering my conservative ...