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00:00 Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) are companies which manage income generating properties, like a landlord who finds tenants to rent their space for business. Allows you to invest like a property owner through shares, generally stable and consistent cash flow from REIT distributions You can own REITS by buying their individual stock tickers through your Stock Brokers, ETFs like Lion-Phillip REIT ETF (CLR) or even Robo Advisors like Syfe REIT+
Disclaimer: I am not an investment expert so this is just my laymanโs opinion to try and explain it as simple as it is without going too technical.
Financial Independence: REIT can help you secure a consistent cashflow for your daily spending (albeit lower returns than growth stocks) Distribution per Unit (DPU): Increasing YoY? Cash Flow from Operations: Is the business making money from its core operations, stripping off accounting adjustments?
12:49 Closing thoughts: - Singapore REITs are fairly good investment vehicles to put your money in, as long as they are run by reputable and well managed sponsors like MapleTree and Capitaland - Singapore REIT portfolio is rather small allocation of my entire investment portfolio as I am more concentrated on Growth Investing, specifically US companies. - Closer to retirement, I may switch from growth investing to dividend investing to secure more consistent cashflow and less volatility.