[May 05, 2013] Optibase is Among the Companies in the Diversified Real Estate Activities Industry With the Lowest Beta (OBAS, CTO, TRC, BAM, JOE) Tweet May 05, 2013 (SmarTrend(R) News Watch via COMTEX) -- Below are the three companies in the Diversified Real Estate Activities industry with the lowest betas. Lower-beta stocks mean minimal volatility and are therefore generally considered to be a less risk and offer more stable returns.Optibase ranks lowest with a a beta of 0.4. Following is Consolidated-Tomoka Land with a a beta of 0.9. Tejon Ranch ranks third lowest with a a beta of 0.9. Brookfield Asset Management follows with a a beta of 1.0, and St. Joe rounds out the bottom five with a a beta of 1.2. SmarTrend recommended that its subscribers protect gains by selling shares of St. Joe on February 26th, 2013 by issuing a Downtrend alert when the shares were trading at $21.83. Since that call, shares of St. Joe have fallen 7.9%. We are now looking for when a new Uptrend will commence and will alert SmarTrend subscribers in real time. Write to Chip Brian at [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SmarTrend analyzes over 5,000 securities simultaneously throughout the trading day and provides its subscribers with trend change alerts in real time. To get a free trial of our trading calls and maximize your trading results, please visit http://www.MySmarTrend.com Get exclusive, actionable insight into how the market is expected to trend prior to market open with our free morning newsletter. Sign up at: http://www.MySmarTrend.com/signup [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]