In a high interest rate and high inflationary environment, investors look for higher yielding assets such as dividend plays to secure a higher rate of return for their investments and beat inflation.
One option is to invest in REITs as REITs provide a steady and regular stream of dividend income and also have the potential to provide gradual appreciation in property value.
With US’s CPI index showing inflation at 9.1% for June 2022 and Singapore’s headline CPI index or overall inflation at 5.6% for May 2022, investors may want to look for assets that yield more than inflation to avoid a decrease in the purchasing power.
Here we look at 8 Singapore listed REITs that are providing a yield of at least 9%. We noticed that of these 8 REITs, 3 REITs have 100% of their assets in China and 4 REITs have 100% of their assets in the US and will analyse them as such....