Jan
03
REIT Prices, Bond Yields Go in Tandem
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Morningstar headquarters in Chicago; the company sees potential risks to REITs from rising interest rates.CHICAGO—Morningstar’s near-term forecast for REITs’ stock performance starts off partly sunny and then clouds over. “We expect REIT prices generally to move inversely with changes in long-term government bond yields,” according to Stephen Ellis, director of financial services equity research at Chicago-based Morningstar. He notes that while higher interest rates would take some time to show up in REIT financial metrics, those effects will be felt eventually…
