{"id":39047,"date":"2026-06-26T05:00:47","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T09:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/contrarianoutlook.com\/?p=39047"},"modified":"2026-06-25T10:19:50","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T14:19:50","slug":"these-landlords-pay-up-to-17-1-will-those-dividends-survive-the-fed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/contrarianoutlook.com\/these-landlords-pay-up-to-17-1-will-those-dividends-survive-the-fed\/","title":{"rendered":"These Landlords Pay Up to 17.1%. Will Those Dividends Survive the Fed?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We should avoid REITs right now because the Fed talks tough about raising rates.<\/p>\n<p><i>Or<\/i> we should buy REITs right now because the Fed\u2019s worries are overblown.<\/p>\n<p>Which is true? Well, it depends.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s talk about our beloved real estate investment trusts, or REITs, which we favor as retirement-focused investors. REITs must dish most of their profits to us as dividends. A congressional act created them decades ago, and it requires them to send us at least 90% of their taxable income as payouts, in exchange for tax advantages.<\/p>\n<p>Now the lazy Wall Street maxim holds that REITs trade opposite interest rates. As rates rise, REITs lose their shine because there\u2019s more competition for income. As rates fall, money pours in.<\/p>\n<p><b>REITs Are Swimming Upstream Against Rate-Hike Expectations<\/b><br \/>\n