5 REITs To Consider In 2012

During the financial crisis caused by the housing bubble, REITs lost their popularity. Currently, many REITs offer generous dividends as their prices have not recovered to pre-crisis levels. For investors looking to invest in real estate, REITs offer a good alternative as professionals manage the underlying investments. Also, REITs might be considered an inflation hedge as their prices depend on a hard asset. While the storm in real estate, is over no one wants to go to the beach yet, and now might be the time to get a good spot before it is too crowded.

Capstead Mortgage (CMO) recently traded around $13 per share and had a fifty two week range of $10.00 to $13.95. The company has 85.3 million shares outstanding for a market capitalization of $1.1 billion and a quarterly dividend payout of $0.43 per share for an annualized yield of 13.2%. Capstead Mortgage has a price