Preferred stock that is convertible to common stock under certain formulas and conditions specified by the issuer of the stock.

High quality assets, often with slightly more leverage than core assets and perceived to have slightly more risk than Core assets.

Statistical area that consists of the county or counties or equivalent entities associated with at least one core (urbanized area or urban cluster) of at least 10,000 population, p ...

An entity, often a C-corporation, through which tax-exempt investors invest in a  fund so as to shield such tax-exempt investors from having to file a US federal tax return an ...

A furnished apartment, condo, or home rented on a temporary basis to individuals, military personnel, intern groups, or corporations as an alternative to a traditional hotel or an ...

A measure of  the degree to which two variables move in relation to each other; computed into what is known as the “correlation coefficient”.

A measure of the degree to which two variables’ movements are associated with a range of values from -1.0 (i.e., perfect negative correlation) to 1.0 (i.e., perfect positive ...

An index showing the variations in construction costs over time; sometimes, by extension, a set of similar numbers showing the relative costs of construction in different geographi ...

The likelihood that another entity involved in a transaction may not be able to complete its legal obligations.

The risk that a foreign government will default on its bonds or other financial commitments.