Welcome to the Equity Mates Summer Series. As we take a break over the Christmas period, we will be releasing a series of deep-dive episodes to keep you going until we're back in the New Year. A couple of weeks ago, we randomly generated 5 ASX ticker codes and will discuss one company per episode. In this episode we discuss GPT Group (ASX Code: GPT). In this episode, you will learn: • What a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) is • The real estate assets that GPT Group own and manage • How the downturn in the residential housing market has affected GPT's assets and share price • What are some of the key metrics you use when examining a REIT • How to read a REIT's financial statement, and why the net profit number can be misleading • How the market values REIT's • The key differences between a Real Estate ETF and a Real Estate Investment Trust • A few different ways you can short the real estate market Stocks and Resources Discussed: • GPT Group Website • GPT Group Investor Relations Page • Yahoo Finance - GPT Group • Article: Top 3 Inverse Real Estate ETFs Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.