From: "Nashville Pete" 
Newsgroups: misc.invest.real-estate
Subject: Re: REIT's Mutual Funds and ETF's ?
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 07:14:47 -0600

I guess the point is that there is no big mystery about this stuff providing
there are no criminals and scam artists behind the operations ..... and that
is a big if! Obviously the people at the SEC look the other way because as
soon as they retire they go on the payroll of the people they regulate as do
our politicians. So we can't count on them to do their job. According to
CNBC, investor Rip-off is just another cost of investing. OK, I can handle
that.

To sum it up, I can trade REIT's and ETF's on the Exchanges and it will cost
me commissions in and out but I can track with my favorite candlestick
charting.as well as other charting goodies. Or ... I can do REIT Mutual
funds with no loads if I desire and have some of the charting goodies but
not my favorite candlesticks.

I am going to start looking to see if there are any REIT's for Nursing and
Assisted Care homes for the Elderly. Those baby boomers have got to start
getting old and I don't think they are raising kids who will be willing to
take them in when they are dottering old fools. The kids will be looking for
someplace to warehouse the old folks.


"Don Zimmerman"  wrote in message
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>
> "Nashville Pete"  wrote in message
> news:Au-dnUekT6RZ5Sai4p2dnA@comcast.com...
> > An ETF is an "Exchange Traded Fund" similar to a mutual fund but a fixed
> > block of holdings traded on a stock exchange just like shares of stock
are
> > traded. I have noticed that there are some ETF's that look like REIT
> mutual
> > funds and the idea interests me but I want to learn more about them and
I
> > hope some members of this newsgroup have some experience with these. And
> > most importantly, are willing to share their knowledge.
>
> The beautiful thing about ETF's is that they can be purchased without
having
> to pay huge sales commissions, brokerage commissions, and ongoing
management
> expenses, so over a long period of time you do whole a lot better than you
> would in a mutual fund, other things being equal. And if anyone tells you
> that you need to pay big money to get diversification and professional
> management, take that advice with a grain of salt.
>
>