3 Great REITs for Low-Risk Investors

There's a trade-off on Wall Street with which every dividend investor needs to come to terms: risk versus reward. When you see a giant yield, it most likely means there's also giant risk involved in the investment. But that doesn't mean you can't find attractive, though not giant, yields from real estate investment trusts (REITs) that have increased their dividend for decades. Here are three of the best REITs for low-risk investors, and each has a yield that's more than twice that of the S&P 500 Index.

The undisputed Dividend King of REITs is Federal Realty (NYSE: FRT), with a huge 54 consecutive annual dividend hikes under its belt. It is the longest streak of any REIT. The current dividend yield is roughly 3.3%. Compared to the S&P 500 Index's 1.3% yield, that's pretty generous, noting that despite the headwinds this retail landlord saw in pandemic-hit 2020, it still managed to increase its dividend.

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