Shares & Derivatives
5 REITs for Your Buy Watchlist Before the Year Ends
By The Smart Investor  •  October 20, 2021
REITs have proven themselves to be a wonderful dividend-paying machine for nearly two decades. Fortunately, Singapore is a veritable hub for REITs, offering investors choices aplenty. It’s an opportune time to buy REITs now. Firstly, with impending interest rate hikes in the US and the UK, jittery investors have been pushing down the unit prices of REITs. As REITs are heavily reliant on debt financing, an increase in interest rates normally dampens demand for these property-laden securities. Any sell-down will open up opportunities to scoop REITs up at attractive dividend yields. Secondly, with many countries disseminating COVID-19 vaccines to their populations, the world should also be gearing up for a sustained recovery. That said, it’s important to hunt for REITs with clear catalysts that can take the business to the next level. Here are five promising REITs you can consider for your watchlist this month. ESR-REIT (SGX: J91U) ESR-REIT is an industrial REIT that owns a portfolio of 58 industrial properties in Singapore worth around S$3.2 million as of 30 June 2021....
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By The Smart Investor
The Smart Investor is co-founded by David Kuo, Joanna Sng, and Chin Hui Leong. The company was formed in late 2019 from the ashes of the Motley Fool Singapore. The Smart Investor believes that everybody can learn how to invest, smartly. We aim to educate people on how to invest smartly by providing investing education, stock commentary and market coverage for Singapore and around the world.
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