Trailer Parks Lure Wall Street Investors Looking for Double-Wide Returns – Bloomberg 04-10-14

Salient to Investors: Investors are getting rich renting the concrete pads and surrounding dirt on which residents park their homes. JLT & Associates say rents nationwide average $390 per pad per month. Many US counties have banned or discouraged construction of new trailer parks because the inhabitants are poor, pay little in

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Emerging-Market ETFs Halt Outflow as Investors Flee Tech – Bloomberg 04-08-14

Salient to Investors: US-based emerging-market ETF equities and bonds are heading for their biggest monthly inflow since September, while global tech funds lost the most funds among 12 industries. Richard Titherington at JPMorgan Asset Mgmt said investors recognize emerging-market equities are cheap, rotating into sectors that have underperformed. Jennifer Vail

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Activists Beat S&P 500 in 48 Percent Gain for Shareholders – Bloomberg 03-14-14

Salient to Investors: Corporate activists including Carl Icahn, Bill Ackman and Nelson Peltz targeted 81 US companies with market values exceeding $1 billion between 1/2009 and 12/31/2013, generating a 48% average gain for long-term investors versus 31% for the  S&P 500. Read the full article at http://www.bloomberg.com/infographics/2014-03-31/activists-beat-s-p-500-in-48-percent-gain-for-shareholders.html Click here to receive free and

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