August 2009

Real Estate Investment Trusts or REITs are a type of investment that invests in real estate (as the name suggests).� These investments trade like stocks and exchange traded funds on stock exchanges but you can also buy mutual funds which invest primarily in REITs.� Typically these investment funds invest in large commercial realty projects such […]

Investment Real Return

by ABC editor

Usually when someone is talking about how well an investment has performed – they are usually talking about the actual percentage increase of the value of that investment over a certain period of time.� For example if an investor bought a mutual fund at the beginning of the year for $100 per unit and sold […]