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How does real estate investment trusts work?

July 12th, 2010

What are real estate investment trusts or REITs and how do they work. Is there some law that give these trust some tax efficiency status and how can investors invest in these REITs. With the real estate market in the US the way as it is, is it a good time to invest in the property market through real estate investment trusts. What kind of people manage these funds or trusts and what are their typical return on investments?

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Is now the right time to buy ETFs or Index Funds?

April 23rd, 2010

I am new to investing. After quite a bit of research I have decided to buy some ETFs like Vanguard’s Emerging Mkts, Energy and Materials ETF and Index funds like Vanguard’s REITS, Small Cap and S&P 500.

I just want to know if I were to buy the ETFs and Index Funds now, would I be entering the market when it is already at its peak?

Is there any imminent "down cycle" of the market that will make me incur only losses?

I do not want to enter and exit the market at the wrong time.

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Is now the right time to buy index funds?

April 15th, 2010

I’ ve been saving up some money to invest in index funds such as REITS, Small cap stocks and Vanguard S&P 500. I’ ve been contemplating if it is the right time to buy these funds now. I am new to investing and I keep hearing that market always goes in up and down cycles.

When i checked out the charts for the index funds I mentioned, it seems there has already been a down cycle between 2002 – 2003. From 2003 onwards there has generally been an upward trend in the charts till now (2007).

Is it ok to buy index funds now hoping that the market will continue to perform well or is there any imminent "down cycle" of the market?