Love Dividends? 2 Stocks You Might Want to Buy
High yields attract dividend investors like flames attract moths -- but if you're greedy, you can get burned. And in today's low-yield world, you need to look at out-of-favor areas to find generous yields. However, if you are careful you can find a good balance between risk and reward. That's the case with real estate investment trust (REIT) W.P. Carey (NYSE: WPC) and international energy giant Total (NYSE: TOT). Here's what you need to know.
W.P. Carey is a real estate investment trust that's focused on owning single-tenant properties where the tenants are responsible for most of the operating costs of the assets they occupy. This is what's known as a "net-lease" model. Equally important, the contracts in this space are normally fairly long. W.P. Carey's average lease term is over 10 years and come with built-in rent increases. It's generally considered a fairly low-risk business model in the REIT sector.
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