iShares FTSE NAREIT Residential Plus Capped Index Fund is an exchange-traded fund incorporated in the USA. The Fund seeks investment results that correspond to the FTSE NAREIT Residential Capped Index.

Performance

TODAY	1 DAY	5 DAY	10 DAY	1 MO	3 MO	6 MO	1 YR	2 YR	5 YR
-0.5%	0.6%	2.1%	0.0%	-8.9%	1.6%	8.0%	11.3%	27.9%	54.0%

Technical

ALPHA	BETA	R2	STD DEV
0.0048	1.168	0.635	0.078

• 'Steady Diet' of Real Estate ETFs Can Help Boost Yield

  11-06-2012 08:29 AM by Tom Lydon

  Yield is the name of the game for exchange traded fund investors these days. Interest rates are low and many asset classes that usually supply a decent yield have gone lower, causing investors to seek income in unusual areas of the market. REITs, or real estate investment trusts,...

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• REIT ETFs to Play Higher Rents

  06-22-2012 12:15 PM by Tom Lydon

  The latest real estate trend has become residential rental housing. Slow job growth and fear of another market downturn have created a spike in the number of U.S. citizens that are renting rather than purchasing a home. Rather than directly purchasing a rental property, there are...

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• ETF Spotlight: Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

  04-27-2012 06:00 AM by Tom Lydon

  Investors are wary of real estate investment trusts since they crashed along with the market 2008 and failed to deliver their much-hyped diversification benefits. However, a desire for income and dividends could bring investors back to this beaten-down sector and REIT ETFs. Wi...

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• Real Estate: List of REIT ETFs

  02-22-2012 04:15 PM by Tom Lydon

  Exchange traded fund investors have piled into dividend-generating investments after a year of high market volatility and low fixed-income yields, but there are other options available. For instance, real estate investment trusts, or REITs, also offer decent income streams. RE...

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• ETF Chart of the Day: Real Estate Investment Trusts

  09-20-2011 10:30 AM by Paul Weisbruch, Street One Financial

  The real estate market is often much in focus in periodic business headlines, as most market participants understand the dynamics involved in buying (selling) and owning homes as well as the price fluctuations that affect commercial properties. The largest real estate focused ...

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• Can REIT ETFs Keep On Outperforming?

  01-12-2011 11:00 AM by Tom Lydon

  Last year, real estate investment trust exchange traded funds (ETFs) left the broader markets in the dust. Is it too much to hope for more of the same in 2011? Last year was a lucrative one for these investments, finishing 2010 with a gain of nearly 28%. Those returns matched ...

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• REIT ETFs Quietly Storm the Markets

  09-30-2010 03:00 PM by Tom Lydon

  While people don't seem too interested in the residential and commercial real estate markets, real estate investment trust (REIT) exchange traded funds (ETFs) have been doing quite well. Timothy Strauts, an ETF analyst for Morningstar, remarked that "REIT ETFs are leading the...

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• 5 Good Things About REIT ETFs

  09-14-2010 03:00 PM by Tom Lydon

  If you think the entire real estate sector is done for, you haven't been paying attention to REIT exchange traded funds (ETFs). Year-to-date, they have dusted the markets. Investors are desperate for income and bank deposits pay almost nothing while bond yields have collapsed...

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• 5 ETFs That Could Move on Manufacturing Numbers

  08-18-2010 06:00 AM by Tom Lydon

  Manufacturing activity is expanding at its fastest pace in more than a year. This is not just improved news for the American economy, but it presents an opportunity for some exchange traded funds (ETFs), too. U.S. manufacturing activity grew in July at the fastest pace in near...

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• REIT ETFs Outperform the S&P 500

  08-11-2010 06:00 AM by Tom Lydon

  Did you think real estate was dead? Not so fast - REIT exchange traded funds (ETFs) have actually handily outperformed the broader market year-to-date. Will it last? The standout performance of real estate ETFs this year has triggered a notion that the worst may be over for co...

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• Why REIT ETFs Are Outperforming the Market

  06-23-2010 06:00 AM by Tom Lydon

  Even as the real estate market continues to get beat up and property values sink, real estate investment trust exchange traded funds (ETFs) continue to pull their weight in the markets over the last year. One way to explain this interesting phenomenon is that many REITs have b...

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• Consumer Confidence Numbers Take Wind Out of ETFs

  02-23-2010 10:00 AM by Tom Lydon

  Stocks and exchange traded funds (ETFs) rose slightly after Case-Shiller announced that home prices rose for the seventh consecutive month in January, by 0.3%, but quickly retreated after consumer confidence dipped to lows not seen since last April.The index of 20 major metropoli...

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• Markets, ETFs Look to Bounce Back from Last Week

  01-25-2010 10:00 AM by Tom Lydon

  Despite a surprisingly gloomy December housing sales report, stocks and exchange traded funds (ETFs) are starting the week off on the right foot by sitting in positive territory. But will it last? Sales of existing homes fell a sharper-than-expected 16.7% in December, the lar...

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• Why Real Estate ETF Recovery Could Be Slow

  08-30-2009 01:00 PM by Tom Lydon

  The real estate sector and its related exchange traded funds (ETFs) appear to be making a recovery, but there are still some potential stumbling blocks the sector could likely face in the coming months. David Merkel for Green Faucet has notes on residential real estate and som...

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• What's Better: Real Estate ETFs or Physical Ownership?

  07-30-2009 03:00 PM by Tom Lydon

  For some, owning real estate is a good way to diversify, but can owning a real estate exchange traded fund (ETF) be more beneficial than actually physically owning the real estate? One big advantage of owning a real estate ETF over a single piece of property is simplicity, s...

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• 5 Things ETF Investors Should Know About the Housing Bailout Plan

  02-20-2009 12:00 PM by Tom Lydon

  President Barack Obama just signed a plan to give troubled homeowners relief and keep Americans in their homes, however, exchange traded fund (ETF) investors shouldn't be quick to make any assumptions that the plan is a cure-all. Analysts' reactions to this plan is is dicey at...

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• Midday Market Update: Can Mortgage Plan Ease ETFs' Pain?

  02-18-2009 10:25 AM by Tom Lydon

  The details of President Barack Obama's home mortgage relief plan are unveiled today, causing stocks and exchange traded funds (ETFs) to stage a small rally upon the good news. The plan is intended to keep homeowners in their homes and  reduce further foreclosures, thus stabi...

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• Midday Market Update: Can Stimulus Rally Markets, ETFs, Spending?

  02-13-2009 10:00 AM by Tom Lydon

  Today Congress is expected to pass the long-awaited U.S. stimulus package, totaling $789 billion, in an attempt to salvage the economy from the deepening recession; markets and exchange traded funds (ETFs) will react, but which way, only time will tell. Saving Jobs. So far, t...

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• Rental Market, ETF Has Two Faces

  10-29-2008 02:00 PM by Tom Lydon

  Layoffs and job losses aren't just terrible for the housing market, it could also effect the correlation between a growing bunch of apartment vacancies, hurting related exchange traded funds (ETFs) and investments. Vacancy rates for houses and apartments were just released and...

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• Influx of Renters May Help Real Estate ETF

  09-25-2008 03:00 PM by Tom Lydon

  Rental real estate is presenting some true opportunity right now, and there is an exchange traded fund (ETF) to help you capitalize on this trend without actually buying the rental property. iShares FTSE NAREIT Residential Real Estate Fund (REZ) is a passive method to jump on ...

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• Bailout Provisions Don't Have ETFs Whooping and Cheering

  07-30-2008 01:00 PM by Tom Lydon

  The pen might be mightier than the sword, especially if real estate exchange traded funds (ETFs) have something to say about it. President Bush signed a major housing bill that is meant to provide mortgage relief for 400,000 homeowners. The move could help stabilize the financ...

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• Existing Home Sales Take Down Real Estate ETFs

  07-24-2008 11:00 AM by Tom Lydon

  Some stocks and exchange traded funds (ETFs) are trading lower today after existing home sales fell in June. The 2.6% drop was more than twice what had been expected, reports Martin Crutsinger for the Associated Press. Sales are also 15.5% below what they were a year ago. P...

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Number of Holdings: 34

%	Ticker	Name	Sector	Market Cap	Country
9.7%	PSA	Public Storage	Real Estate	27716700000	United States
9.3%	VTR	Ventas Inc	Real Estate	20888050000	United States
9.2%	HCP	HCP Inc	Real Estate	21562710000	United States
8.9%	EQR	Equity Residential	Real Estate	20417290000	United States
7.8%	HCN	Health Care REIT Inc	Real Estate	19423910000	United States
5.4%	AVB	AvalonBay Communitie...	Real Estate	17399020000	United States
4.1%	UDR	UDR INC	Real Estate	-	-
3.8%	ESS	Essex Property Trust...	Real Estate	5925800000	United States
3.7%	CPT	Camden Property Trus...	Real Estate	5742680000	United States
3.3%	SNH	Senior Housing Prope...	Real Estate	4984000000	United States

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