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Rock N Roll And The Retail Apocolypse: April 2021 Newsletter
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PERFORMANCE – Serenity Alternatives Fund I returned +8.2% in April net of fees and expenses versus the FTSE NAREIT REIT index at +8.1%. Year to date the fund has returned +22.7% versus the REIT index at +17.1%.
NEW BOSS SAME AS THE OLD BOSS? Investors are betting on an office apocalypse that echoes the retail apocalypse of 2016-2020.
A NEW CONSTITUTION: Will thematic investing dominate the next 5 years in the REIT market?
THE NEW REVOLUTION: Why the return of inflation could be the key development within the REIT market in this economic cycle.
The stock market has a long memory. Investors make mistakes, and the collective market intelligence is replete with investment theories that quickly or slowly turned sour, damaging investor bottom lines and inflicting emotional scars. Fool me once, shame on me, fool me twice, I won’t get fooled again.
The widely discussed “retail apocalypse” of 2016-2020 fooled many investors. With Retail and Mall REITs consistently trading to juicy valuation levels relative to their history, many traditional investment frameworks deployed capital into what turned out to be value traps. As retail and mall landlords slowly saw rent growth deteriorate, turn negative, and then plummet during the pandemic of 2020, value-focused investors lost money, with many eventually throwing in the towel and capitulating completely.
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