The Latest Breaking News from Realty Income

Realty Income is working on its seventh consecutive weekly decline as the dividend yield nears 5%. Here's the chart.

You’re an investor who’s looking at retirement in just a few short years. You want to transition from growth investments to income-producing instruments. You want solid investments you can hang on to for several years, but you’re looking for a higher yield than what’s available with bank certificates of deposit…

Real estate investment trusts (REITs) traded in different directions at the open on Monday as investors decided which to buy and which to sell:

Realty Income Corp (NYSE: O) calls itself “the monthly dividend company” because of its ability to provide just that for investors. Not a quarterly dividend, the way many stocks do it, but an attractive monthly payout.

VICI Properties Inc (NYSE: VICI) dropped by 0.75% Wednesday on lighter volume than previous trading sessions this week: Chart source: StockCharts

One of the most popular real estate investment trusts (REITs) among institutional and retail investors is Realty Income Corp (NYSE: O), and for good reason.

American Water Works is the largest publicly-traded water utility, and Digital Realty is a data-center REIT.

The total return of the FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs index slumped 16.1% this year through May 9.

If history is any guide, there may be trouble ahead for shares of Realty Income (NYSE:O). A so-called "death cross" has formed on its chart and, not surprisingly, this could be bearish for the stock.