I have been doing a few of these exercises on the blog which might prove useful for some of the dividend investors reading this blog. The reflections that can be gathered here today are:

1. Whether you will lose money by investing in a REIT near the GFC high
2. The difference in returns when you put in a lump sum and dollar cost average equal amounts into a single REIT
3. The importance of good management
4. The effect of major rights issue on your dollar cost average plan for a REIT
5. How DCA works and that you do not need to do it monthly

Brief history of Frasers Commercial Trust

Frasers Commercial Trust (FCOT) didn’t start out as a REIT that belong to Frasers. It started life in 2006 as Allco Commercial REIT, then owned 17.7% by Australian based sponsor Allco Finance Group. Shortly after, the great financial crisis hit, and one ......