EPR Properties Stock: Buy, Sell, or Hold?

Should you buy this REIT for its 7.5% dividend as interest rates decline?Many high-yielding dividend stocks slumped as interest rates rose in 2022 and 2023. Those higher rates lifted the yields of CDs and T-bills above 5%, so many income investors shifted their cash from stocks toward those safer fixed-income investments.However, the Federal Reserve finally cut its benchmark rate twice in 2024 as inflation cooled. Those reductions, along with expectations for future cuts, drove many investors back toward di ...