WPG News and Press, Washington Prime Group Inc. From 11/23/19

Real Estate Weekly Outlook US equity markets finished the week modestly lower, snapping a six-week winning streak, as the on-again-off-again status of "Phase 1" of the U.S.-China trade deal continues to oscillate the major indexes. It was a jam-packed week of economic data, retail earnings...

Real Estate Earnings Recap In our quarterly Real Estate Earnings Review, we analyze the recently released NAREIT T-Tracker data to review the REIT fundamentals over the past quarter and analyze what they could mean for the rest of 2019 and into the next decade. Overall, after three years...

Washington Prime Group ( WPG ) CEO Lou Conforti is one of the most controversial CEOs in the REIT world, due to his bombastic management style and unorthodox approach to communicating with investors. Washington Prime's recent financial results have added to the controversy. Bears point to ...

Steel Valley Brew Works to offer local brews – both craft beer and specialty coffee Local business owner shares Youngstown pride and excitement for area’s future Announcement of neighbors to Steel Valley Brew Works to follow in near future, which include an indoor golf ente...

Reader Selections Since May 2017, any dividend-paying stock mentioned in a message, e-mail or comment to the author is fair game for a reader favorite listing in this series of articles. Thus, it is possible that only rogues and discontinued, or dreadful, doubtful dividend issues may appea...

Co-produced with Trapping Value and Beyond Saving At H igh D ividend O pportunities, we have been very aggressive at looking for opportunities among fixed-income in 2019. Our strategy has been to focus on bonds that are in industries that are out of favor, where we believe that the mark...

Co-produced with Samuel Smith for High Yield Landlord As any informed REIT investor knows: the retail apocalypse has hit mall and outlet center REITs hard. While shopping center REITs like HYL-holding Brixmor Property Group ( BRX ), Kimco Realty ( KIM ), and Kite Realty Group ( KRG ) a...

Real Estate Weekly Outlook What recession? US equity markets climbed for the sixth consecutive week as a busy slate of economic data and earnings reports indicated that the 'Goldilocks' economic conditions of low inflation and solid, consumer-led economic growth may be here to stay into 20...

Mall REIT prices have plunged like a sinking ship. Image source: Google search Despite the significant headwinds created by failing retailers, we believe a few mall REITs can weather the storm and come out stronger. Here at The REIT Forum, we are generally aiming to invest in companies...

There could be more turbulence for the mall REITs this week with J.C. Penney’s (JCP) quarterly earnings on deck. The struggling department store operator is set to report earnings before the bell on Friday, and – with history as our guide – that report could include mo...