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by joshcain 2141 days ago
PSA being down is interesting. I might have thought there would be greater demand for storage units as people clear stuff out of their houses to make room for home offices/gyms/etc.

That said, all the people who've lost jobs or hours are probably not looking to pay $100s/month for an auxiliary junk room.

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A rush to liquidity can take down even otherwise sound investments. J.K. Galbraith describes this (as a "Gresham's Law" if memory serves) in his book on the 1929 crash. Highly recommended.
One thing I've learned is that markets are rarely rational. But, with REITs, the real return comes in the form of dividends more than capital appreciation, so if the price has irrationally declined, my return will be greater (I have all of my REIT investments set up with dividend reinvestment). I'm not expecting to liquidate any of these positions any time soon so I can afford to wait for them to do whatever they'll do.