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- Real estate investment trusts under the FTSE NAREIT All REITs index returned 14.8% over the first five months of the year – one the best performing asset classes, according to Pension & Investments.
- REITs have been outperforming as investors seek out high-yield assets, with benchmark 10-year yields falling over 50 basis points this year.
- Investors who believe interest rates will remain low for several more years can can take a look at REITs.
- “So far this year, they are right,” KBW analyst Michael Widner said in a MarketWatch article. “That being said, last year they were wrong. The caveat is you have to be comfortable that rates aren’t going up.”
Guggenheim Wilshire US REIT ETF
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Max Chen contributed to this article.