by Steve Monroe | Jul 12, 2021 10:20 am | Opinion
Remember back in March 2020 when the financial world was falling apart, rapidly? March 18 was the bottom for most of the healthcare REIT stocks, when investors thought the pandemic might wipe out a good portion of their investment value in senior care properties. At... Read More »
by Steve Monroe | Jun 18, 2021 9:59 am | Opinion
The people of the state of Washington are getting closer to having to make a decision about a new payroll tax to fund a “long-term” care benefit, that is anything but long term. The 58-cent tax withholding for every $100 of salary and bonus may not seem like much, but... Read More »
by Steve Monroe | Jun 6, 2021 8:48 pm | Financings
Even though National Health Investors didn’t have to cut its dividend, management made the prudent decision to reduce its quarterly dividend by 18% to 90 cents a share. The yield had been at the high end of its peers at 6.6%, and now it will be 5.4%. Even... Read More »
by Steve Monroe | Jun 2, 2021 9:49 am | 60 Seconds, Opinion
One big benefit of the country opening up is in-person conferences. It does feel good. Last week, I attended my first conference, in person, since March of 2020. And boy did it feel great! Shaking hands again, hugging people I haven’t seen in person in 15 months, or... Read More »
by Steve Monroe | May 17, 2021 9:44 am | Opinion
Perhaps in an effort not to rattle the market, Capital Senior Living filed its first quarter 2021 10-Q after the markets closed on Friday, May 14. Perhaps they thought no one would notice as many were out celebrating the removal of their masks. Not that it should have... Read More »