Between inflation worries and recession signals, the stock market is currently acting volatile. Some analysts, like Katie Stockton of Fairlead Strategies, have recently noted that stocks are in the beginning stage of a bear market cycle. After four good days last week in which the major indices were trending higher, stocks gave up their gains on Friday and really succumbed to selling pressure on the following Monday morning.
In the face of this turbulence, investors often look for safer stocks, such as stocks in the real estate investment trust (REIT) sector, which are mandated to return 90% of their taxable income to stockholders in the form of dividends. Therefore, REIT stocks often have lucrative dividend yields.
