PowerShares KBW Premium Yield Equity REIT Portfolio (NYSEArca: KBWY)
12-month yield: 4.99%
Comment: Real estate investment trusts offer a liquid way to acquire real estate assets to diversify an investment portfolio. To qualify as a REIT, companies have to pay out 90% of their taxable income to share holders as dividends, which make the investment option especially attractive to income investors. KBWY targets some of the highest yielding small- and mid-cap REITs in the U.S. and weights holdings by dividend yields.
