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	<title>Comments on: REIT Dividend Requirements and ProLogis</title>
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	<description>Stripping the Noise Out of Economics</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 04:39:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Gary</title>
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		<dc:creator>Gary</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2008 17:39:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Richard:

I have reviewed your information and want to congratulate you for the heads up you are providing people.  I came across ProLogis pricing when reviewing the S&#38;P components sorted by yield.  I was of course blown away by what is going on with the stock.  I have a few observations based on my review of their latest 10q dated June 30.  My biggest concern would be undisclosed liablities that do not show up on the balance sheet.  One item that gets my attention is the unconsolidated entities that are accounted for using the equity method.  If PLD has guaranteed any debt of these companies then we would have an Enron situation on our hands but I have not found any evidence of that so far.  I also checked out the cost of the real estate on their books and it looks like it is about $50 PSF which is higher than you would like in this market but not outrageous. So my objective is to determine how low can the stock price go or what is a good price for the stock.  As of Sept the book value of stock is about $28.  Writing off their entire investment in unconsolidated investments would reduce the book value down another $10 to $18.  The last write down would be the value of the real estate owned which as I said earlier is about $50 PSF.  You could knock off $10 to get it down to $40 and that would take the book value down another $7.80 or for rounding purposes let's say $8.  So after all that you are at a little above $10 a share.  Does the company have adequate liquidity? I do not know but if it does I gotta believe this stock is worth $10 a share especially if it has adequate liquidity for the dividend.  Just think on November 26 they are going to pay out over .50 cents a share.  I am not a shareholder now but if I can buy the stock at 10 sell a Nov call and get a buck and receive a dividend of 50 cents which will give me a basis of $8.50 I think I am fairly comfortable.  What do you think.  By the way I am also in the real estate business for over 20 years and a CPA.

Give me your thoughts.
Gary</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Richard:</p>
<p>I have reviewed your information and want to congratulate you for the heads up you are providing people.  I came across ProLogis pricing when reviewing the S&amp;P components sorted by yield.  I was of course blown away by what is going on with the stock.  I have a few observations based on my review of their latest 10q dated June 30.  My biggest concern would be undisclosed liablities that do not show up on the balance sheet.  One item that gets my attention is the unconsolidated entities that are accounted for using the equity method.  If PLD has guaranteed any debt of these companies then we would have an Enron situation on our hands but I have not found any evidence of that so far.  I also checked out the cost of the real estate on their books and it looks like it is about $50 PSF which is higher than you would like in this market but not outrageous. So my objective is to determine how low can the stock price go or what is a good price for the stock.  As of Sept the book value of stock is about $28.  Writing off their entire investment in unconsolidated investments would reduce the book value down another $10 to $18.  The last write down would be the value of the real estate owned which as I said earlier is about $50 PSF.  You could knock off $10 to get it down to $40 and that would take the book value down another $7.80 or for rounding purposes let&#8217;s say $8.  So after all that you are at a little above $10 a share.  Does the company have adequate liquidity? I do not know but if it does I gotta believe this stock is worth $10 a share especially if it has adequate liquidity for the dividend.  Just think on November 26 they are going to pay out over .50 cents a share.  I am not a shareholder now but if I can buy the stock at 10 sell a Nov call and get a buck and receive a dividend of 50 cents which will give me a basis of $8.50 I think I am fairly comfortable.  What do you think.  By the way I am also in the real estate business for over 20 years and a CPA.</p>
<p>Give me your thoughts.<br />
Gary</p>
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