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Reit Investing for Retirement: How to Avoid Massive Loss
By SG Money Matters  •  July 17, 2019

Despite the seemingly endless US-China trade war, the market prices of REITs have increased sharply since the beginning of the year. If you have substantial holdings of Real Estate Investment Trusts, you need to be careful.

This may sound counter-intuitive, but if you are investing in REIT as an Income Generating Asset for retirement income, you don’t want your share price to go up too fast.

Here are several reasons why:

Your capital outlay needed to generate the same level of passive income will be much higher. The volatility of your investment portfolio will increase and thus reduce your willingness to hold the asset for the long term. Your net worth may drop substantially in the near term, which will affect your overall financial health.

The recent euphoria over Singapore REIT investments is a testament of Singapore’s stability in the uncertain time like now, but it may not end

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By SG Money Matters
Howdy. My name is Ivan. I am a blogger and fee-based financial adviser. I spent the last decade providing financial advisory services to both individuals and business. My speciality is financial planning for early retirement.
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