New FDIC Safe Harbor Provisions on Securitizations May Benefit Financial REITs

New FDIC "safe harbor" provisions on securitizations may benefit Financial REITs as competitors to banks for investor attention. While final implementation of the new rules is still pending, FDIC ability to commandeer cash flow from bank securitizations in case of bank failure may impede bank issues, a provision not impacting Financial REITs. See our new REIT Weekly Comments for additional discussion.

Our REIT Weekly Comments, posted on a regular basis to Factset, keep investors up to date on weekly and year to date performance of REIT sectors, while providing a record of our daily comments on individual REIT stocks.

Attached is a recent copy of REIT Weekly Comments documenting the positive performance gap for REITs included in the S&P 500 Index.