What is a REIT? A real estate investment trust, or REIT, is a company that owns, operates or finances income-producing commercial real estate or related assets. In this way, REITs allow investors to “own” or help finance real estate assets by simply owning shares. REITs invest in a broad range of property types including office...

After a down decade, international stocks are showing signs of life again. This week’s chart looks at international stocks’ recent outperformance.

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Stock inflows reach a new record; are they divorced from fundamentals? This week’s chart asks if investors should reevaluate equity risk.

Stocks have seen strong year-to-date (YTD) returns, but high valuations portend challenges ahead as this week’s chart shows.

Equity markets saw large inflows at the market's peak, outflows during the correction

After two years in negative territory, real yields are back to zero. Our chart looks at real yields impact on growth and value stocks.

Real Assets Adviser, a publication of Institutional Real Estate, selected Franklin Square for its August cover story. The article, entitled “Institutional to Individual,” profiles CEO Michael Forman and the company’s vision for creating alternatives for investors.

Education > Know your alternatives > Strategies > Real assets Real assets See real assets through a new lens Real assets are evolving Secular changes from 21st century modernization require a reinvigorated approach to real asset investing.1 With rising demand for sectors such as sustainable energy, modern technology and agile real estate, a new class...