REIT - Better than bond and FD for capital protection
After study the rich's portfolio, noticed that they allocate about 20% of their wealth in REIT and 30% in bonds. I would think that it's safe to divest the bond's part into REIT, spread into all types of REITs. The purpose is to further diversify the risk, a particular REIT's actually already diversify into many properties, now we just play safe by investing in all types of REITs, such as retail, residential, healthcare, office, industrial... What happen when interest rate increase? Bond price will go down if interest rate increase. Same will apply for REIT, however, most of the time, rental will increase in every 3 to 4 years. This partially offset the negative impact of interest rate high, though cost of financing will increase. It would be a good opportunity to buy good Reit with best price. (Actually due to inflation, most of REITs will increase in value every year, hence quite rare can buy REIT at cheap price, if so happen, it's a bonuses) Why