Their steady cash flows cut your risk

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Income trusts (including REITs) must pay out most of their cash flow to investors. It’s why their yields usually exceed those of corporations. It’s a key difference we continue to point out to our subscribers. It also helps explain the high yields of the two trusts we feature below. Each has solid cash flow to cover its high distributions for investors. That bodes well for the future of your investments. H&R REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST $21 is a buy. Through your units in this REIT (Toronto symbol HR.UN; Cyclical-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Manufacturing sector; Units o/s: 286.1 million; Market cap: $6.0 billion; Divd. yield: 6.6%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.hr-reit.com) you tap the income from 460 properties: 33 office buildings, 316 retail developments, 87 industrial buildings and 24 residential properties. H&R also has six projects (five residential and one mixed-use) in development. Its overall occupancy rate is a high 93.7%. The REIT last raised your monthly distribution by 2.2% with the December 2016 payment, to…