Podcast 288 - INVESTMENT RISKS IN EQUITY REITS AND MORTGAGE REITS

Send us Fan MailWelcome to Safe Dividend Investing’s Podcast #288 on August 15th of 2026. Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts invest in office buildings, apartments and stores and Investors make money from rents. Mortgage Real Estate investment Trusts make money from interest and pay much higher dividend yields than Equity REITs, often in the 15% to 16% range. These high yields obviously attract income-seeking investors. However, today we explore the heightened risks in mortgage REITs that you must consider.200 million Americans own REITs either directly or through ETFs and pension funds.  5 trillion dollars is invested in them. Since being introduced in 1960 they have become a mainstream assetLet my other 287 podcasts and my 7 books help develop your investment confidence.Ian Duncan MacDonald Author and Commercial Risk Consultant,President of  Informus Inc                              2 Vista Humber Drive                               Toronto, Ontario                                Canada, M9P 3R7                                 Toronto Telephone - 416-245-4994                                   [email protected]