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Public Storage (PSA): A good play on moving, adjustment to less space

 Feb 11, 2009 09:55 PM UTC
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There are a number of ways to play the recession / depression on the market that might seem, at first, counter-intuitive but on second glance make sense. Here's one -- Public Storage (NYSE: PSA), a REIT focused on ownership of public storage facilities.

Like the rest of the real estate market, it's been hammered -- down just over 52% from 52-week highs of $110 per share. But public / self storage facilities should actually prosper in this market. Here's why: People still have a lot of stuff, but many of them are going to have less house very soon. Same goes for businesses that are putting off plans to expand offices or rent warehouses and need a place to park things.

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