Interest rates are on the rise and Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) have been struggling. The iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF (IYR) has fallen nine straight days, the longest streak since its inception in 2000.

With the domestic equity market near all-time highs, this article looks around the world at other national stock indices to compare multiples.

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Facebook recently released a API package allowing access to its forecasting model called prophet. According to the underling post: After reading it, I got really curious about the predictive performance of this method for stock prices.

Whitestone REIT deserves more attention in the REIT sector. The real estate investment trust convinces with strong Y/Y growth in FFO and NOI, as well as a covered dividend.

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Advisors have the option to use smart beta funds to tailor portfolios that seek Alpha or better risk-adjusted returns. The trend is consistent and accelerating. To paraphrase a movie title – the stock picker is “Dead Man Walking”. Oh! he’s still alive somewhat, but he’s walking to the chamber.