Secondly, REITs have demonstrated impressive relative performance to the broad market, as VNQ and IYR for instance are up 12.63% and 13.16% respectively against the S&P 500’s gain of 8.75% year to date.
There are a number of REIT based ETFs that focus on broadly U.S. Real Estate, including VNQ, IYR, iShares Cohen & Steers Realty Majors (NYSEArca: ICF), SPDR Dow Jones REIT (NYSEArca: RWR), First Trust S&P REIT (NYSEArca: FRI), Schwab U.S. REIT (NYSEArca: SCHH), IndexIQ U.S. Real Estate Small Cap (NYSEArca: ROOF), PowerShares Active U.S. Real Estate (NYSEArca: PSR), Guggenheim Wilshire U.S. REIT (NYSEArca: WREI), and FocusShares Morningstar Real Estate (NYSEArca: FRL).
Vanguard REIT
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