Real Estate: Rising Rates Won’t Derail Strong Fundamentals
REITs have focused on strengthening their portfolios, deleveraging, and capital recycling in the face of higher bond yields and new construction.
Brad Schwer
Brad Schwer is an equity analyst for Morningstar Research Services, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Morningstar, Inc. He covers real estate investment trusts.
Prior to joining Morningstar in 2016, Schwer worked at CME Group as an investigator in the market regulation department.
Schwer holds a bachelor’s degree in finance from Illinois State University and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He is a Level II candidate in the Chartered Financial Analyst® program.
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