David Simon

Simon Property Group Inc (NYSE: SPG) is trading higher after the company announced strong third-quarter financial results.  Simon Property Group reported quarterly net income of $2.07 per diluted share, up from 48 cents per diluted share year-over-year. The company reported that funds...

Simon Property Group Inc (NYSE: SPG) could outperform on a total return basis over the next three years, Ritholtz Wealth Management CEO Josh Brown said Tuesday on CNBC's "Fast Money: Halftime Report." The way to play the reopening of retailers in malls is to own the...

Every investor hopes to hit the earnings call jackpot -- when a company announces an earnings beat, boosts guidance and increases its dividend payout. On Friday, the largest U.S. REIT, Simon Property Group Inc (NYSE: SPG) announced its 2Q15 earnings results and operational highlights, which...

What a difference a week can make on Wall Street when a companies shares are "in play." Mr. Market can sometimes be downright difficult to fathom, especially when "good news" drives the price of shares downward, as is the case with Simon Property Group (NYSE: SPG)'s bump...

On March 17, Macerich Co (NYSE: MAC) Chairman and CEO Arthur Coppola published a letter response to the recent Simon Property Group Inc (NYSE: SPG) $91 per share unsolicited offer. "[The s]tock portion of Simon's conditional bid would replace equity in a pure play high-end mall company...

Giant mall landlord Simon Property Group Inc (NYSE: SPG) has been searching for the best way to acquire its smaller rival Macerich Co (NYSE: MAC) in order to add to its impressive portfolio of Class-A regional mall assets. However, based on information contained in the David Simon letter...

Simon Property Group Inc (NYSE: SPG) Chairman and CEO David Simon was pleased to discuss in minute detail what some analysts viewed as "a mixed bag" when it came to the announced numbers for Q4 and FY 2014. However, when it came to the "elephant in the room," Simon's...

It appears that Christmas has come a bit early for investors who own shares of mall landlords Simon Property Group Inc (NYSE: SPG), General Growth Properties Inc (NYSE: GGP) and Macerich Co (NYSE: MAC). At the end of trading on Friday, December 19, 2014 -- the last full week prior to the...

While retail analysts and most consumers remain steadfastly focused on lower gas prices and holiday shopping trends, it is easy to lose sight of the big picture. How Will Consumers Spend Their Shopping Dollars In The Future? That is, unless one is at the helm of a company that must commit to...

Simon Property Group Inc (NYSE: SPG) results and guidance can provide investors with insights into retail sector trends and the U.S. consumer, as well as the health of the overall U.S. economy. Therefore, what "Simon Says" is important to many investors for reasons beyond the fact...

Nobody saw this one coming, as all eyes were looking elsewhere. Simon Property Group Inc (NYSE: SPG) CEO and Chairman David Simon was very clear last week when he presented at the Barclays investor conference that he had no plans on investing in Australian mall assets, despite reports fueled by...

While some pundits continue to describe the death of U.S. shopping malls as being inevitable -- a result from changing demographics and online shopping trends -- it appears that the death of the mall is greatly exaggerated. If you want to learn about the prospects for regional malls, why not...