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...investors overreact when they jumped into the sector last March and drove REIT prices up 97% from that trough? Not exactly. REIT valuations were extremely cheap, as the sector had lost 73% of its value from its peak in February 2007. "REITs were priced in the first quarter like they were going bankrupt," says Robert W. Baird & Co. director David AuBuchon. (Read "Commercial Real Estate - the Economy's Anvil...
...this triggered a flurry of dedicated mutual funds, value managers, ETFs and hedge funds to move into the sector in a big way, notes Bilerman. Although the FTSE NAREIT All REIT Index surged 97.6% from the group's trough on March 6, it's still off 50% from its peak in February 2007, according to the NAREIT. So investors are willing to pay up for REITs based on their longer-term outlooks and potential windfall in the distressed real estate market, says Bohjalian. REITs touted as likely buyers in the distressed market are Simon Property Group, Vornado Realty Trust, Boston...
...nation. In its latest report, the Robert Koch Institute, the federal agency for infectious diseases, said new cases in Germany have jumped to about 1,600 each week, double the 700 to 800 weekly cases reported in early autumn. With the onset of winter, when seasonal-flu infections typically peak, many experts are concerned that H1N1 infections will spike dramatically. Klaus Osterrieder, a virologist at the Free University of Berlin, now fears that with the worries over the possible risks associated with Pandemrix, many people will avoid getting a vaccine altogether. According to a survey conducted...
...activity, virtually all of it of the swine-flu variety, is now widespread in 46 states and at a level equal to the peak of a typical winter flu season, according to federal officials. Unlike the seasonal variety, which tends to be most harmful to those over 65 years old, swine flu skews far younger, which explains the large number of parents with children still dressed in their pajamas who waited hours outside the Encino clinic before the sun rose to get the vaccine. (The CDC found that more than half of the hospitalizations from 2009 H1N1 flu reported...
...Laikipia, has begun a study to measure the effects of the training on wildlife. (The army contends that there have been no serious disturbances to the animals since it boosted its training program.) And by 2011, the army says, it will no longer conduct major training exercises during the peak tourist season. (Read "Kenya's Blackboard Jungle...