[May 14, 2013] Relatively High Return on Equity Detected in Shares of Brookfield Asset Management in the Diversified Real Estate Activities Industry (BAM, TRC, OBAS, JOE, CTO) Tweet May 14, 2013 (SmarTrend(R) News Watch via COMTEX) -- Below are the three companies in the Diversified Real Estate Activities industry with the highest return on equity. The ROE is a general indication of the company's efficiency; investors usually look for companies with ROEs that are high and are growing.Brookfield Asset Management ranks highest with a ROE of 7.4%. Following is Tejon Ranch with a ROE of 3.7%. Optibase ranks third highest with a ROE of 1.6%. St. Joe follows with a ROE of 1.1%, and Consolidated-Tomoka Land rounds out the top five with a ROE of 0.5%. 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 10.4%. 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 ]