As of the beginning of February, we have seen just four exchange traded products with announced and/or actual closings for the year, significantly below the annualized levels of the most recent years. While the trend of these recent years...
One of the big stories in the net lease REIT sector is the merger between the publicly traded American Realty Capital Properties (NASDAQ: ARCP) and Cole Real Estate Investments (NYSE: COLE). The merger, which closed this month, creates one...
Although rising interest rates have had a limited impact on the commercial real estate market overall, one casualty of the increases has been publicly traded REITs. A recent report from SNL Financial, a Charlottesville, Va.-based...
With the 2014 winter Olympics in full swing, it has me thinking: What personal finance lessons can we learn from the games?
John Nersesian is the managing director of wealth management services at Nuveen Investments.
This week FINRA’s Board of Directors authorized FINRA to seek comment on a proposed rule that would require firms to “include a readily apparent reference and link to BrokerCheck” on their websites. BrokerCheck is a...
The opening ceremonies for the XXII Olympic Winter Games kicked off Feb. 7. By all reports, the Sochi Games will be the be most expensive in the history of the international sporting event, at an estimated $51 billion, while work on many of the...
Talk about a liquid market.
Not as well-known a collectible as wine, auction prices for high-quality, rare whiskies are up sharply from as recently as 10 years ago. Consider: Christie’s 2007 sale of a single bottle of 1926 Macallan single-malt...
