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December 12, 2007 The Informed Investor Newsletter

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International REITs - A Great Diversification Opportunity 

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by Robert Gordon, CFP®,  MBA

International real estate investment trusts (“REITs”) represent an excellent opportunity to extend your portfolio’s diversification and potentially increase long term returns. 

The U.S. Congress created REITs in 1960 to give anyone and everyone the ability to invest in large-scale commercial properties. The REIT has been widely-accepted by U.S. investors as a way to gain access to the real estate investment market.  REIT success is spreading rapidly as fast growing international economies adopt or create similar investment structures.  At last count, twenty-two nations had approved the creation of REITs or REIT-like investment vehicles and several other countries are considering them.  The global real estate securities market today represents more than $900 billion of equity capitalization and is growing rapidly. 

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Separately Managed Accounts vs Passive Management Part II of II 

by Investor Solutions, Inc. 

While the popularity of Separately Managed accounts has grown over the last several years, so too has the search evolved to find a lower costing investment vehicle that is tax efficient, has low turnover, shows complete transparency, and  generates solid returns.  Part I of this II part article, focused mainly on the costs associated with Separately Managed Accounts vs. Passive Investment Management and demonstrated the significant drag fees can have on a portfolio over the long haul.  In Part II, we will tackle a few other differences between Separately Managed Accounts and a Passive Investment Strategy and determine which portfolio over the long term will provide you the highest return per unit of risk.

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