Investors Put A Down Payment On High-Yielding Real Estate ETFs

To say that the current investment landscape is complex would be quite the understatement. Recent weeks have seen environmental, humanitarian, and economic crises break out in Japan, with the aftershocks rippling throughout the global economy. Moving across the globe, the Libyan Crisis has dominated headlines for quite some time now, as a series of revolutions spreading across the Middle East came to a head in this volatile nation. Now that key oil production in Libya has come to a standstill, the prices of crude is skyrocketing, jumping to over $113 per barrel last week. While equity markets are uncertain, the appeal of fixed income has been dulled by a prolonged stretch of record low interest rates. Though the ECB has finally pushed rates higher, yields throughout the developed world remain anemic. This combination has brought renewed interest to dividend-paying equities, an option for investors looking to dial back equity risk [...] Click here to read the original article on ETFdb.com. Related Posts: Time For A Real Estate ETF? Low Cost ETFs: Complete List Of The Cheapest Exchange-Traded Funds Half Year In Review: Six ETF Stories From The First Six Months of ’09 Global Real Estate ETFs Leave U.S. Funds In Their Dust Daily ETF Roundup: UNG In Freefall, VNQ Soars Higher