Morguard Real Estate Inv Trust (MRT.UN-T)

The REIT has been challenged because of the types of real estate they hold in the retail space. They also hold office space that is also challenged. It is externally managed by Morguard Corp and he feels the fees being collected do not put them in synergy. You would be better to hold the parent -- MRC-T -- as it trades at a discount to book as well.

He owns Morguard Corp. (MRC-T). He likes it because they hold a large portion of the free cash that is generated which gives them much more opportunity to do something with it. It is an attractive compounder.

A very capable management team, which is a huge positive. The action in the REIT space is driven more by interest rates. Expects rates will stay lower in Canada, but yields have been dragged up in the US in the past little while. Every time the REITs go up, the income becomes less valuable, but a good portion of REITs have financed themselves out fairly far. He is positive on this company.

He is relatively constructive on REITs after the selloff. This one is fairly well diversified. It has a good footprint and good management team. Thinks this will give you a pretty decent yield. Not his favourite in the real estate sector.

A very well diversified Canadian REIT. Retail exposure and located in several different provinces. Morguard Corp substantially controls and owns a lot of the REIT. At some point, if the REIT gets cheap enough, it trades at a sizable discount to NAV, and you could see Morguard take it in and monetize it.

He got out around $17. Most Canadian REITs pulled back. If it gets cheap enough you could see Morguard Corp take it in. There is probably not much more downside.

This is his own company’s REIT. Because of this, he does not own this to make sure there is no conflict. Using the analysts’ consensus numbers, this is trading at over 20% discount over the value of its properties. Morguard, his company, owns over 50% of this. Dividend is very, very safe.