With all of the chaos in the markets, it’s a good idea to protect your portfolio and generate income with high-yielding stocks.

Look at real estate investment trusts (REIT), for example.

For one, most are a great hedge against inflation. After all, when inflation rises, so do a lot of rents. Two, we’re seeing a recovery in demand for offices, apartment buildings, warehouses, hospitals, shopping centers and hotels. We’re also seeing bigger demand for e-commerce, logistics and warehouse demands, as noted by JPMorgan. 

Here are three REITs you may want to consider today.

Crown Castle 

With a yield of 6.6%, Crown Castle (CCI) operates and leases more than 40,000 cell towers and approximately 90,000 route miles of fiber supporting small cells and fiber solutions across every major U.S. market. 

The company also just declared a $1.565 per share quarterly dividend, which is payable on March 31 to shareholders of record as of March 14. Earnings have also been solid, with Crown Castle posting funds from operations (FFO) of $1.80. which beat by 15 cents. Revenue of $1.65 billion, while down 1.2% year over year, beat by $10 million.

Arbor Realty Trust 

We can also look at Arbor Realty Trust (ABR), which yields 14.26% at the moment.

The REIT, a nationwide real estate investment trust and direct lender, provides loan origination and servicing for multifamily, single-family rental (SFR) portfolios and other diverse commercial real estate assets, will soon pay a 43-cent quarterly dividend on March 21 to shareholders of record as of March 7. If you missed this one, more are on the way.

In its most recent quarter, the company’s distributable EPS of 40 cents did miss estimates of 41 cents. Net income of $82.9 million was above expectations of $80.4 million.

Digital Realty Trust 

With a yield of 3.34%, Digital Realty Trust (DLR) has more than 300 data centers and has now become one of the biggest REITs in the U.S. with a market cap of $48.41 billion. DLR also declared a quarterly dividend of $1.22 per share, which is payable on March 31 to shareholders of record as of March 14.

Helping, future growth is being fueled by the artificial intelligence data center boom.Thanks to artificial intelligence, data center demand is expected to rise at a 15% CAGR until 2030, according to Goldman Sachs.