REITs invest in the majority of real estate property types, including offices, apartment buildings, warehouses, retail centers, medical facilities, data centers, cell towers and hotels.
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REITs delivered strong investment performance through mid-year 2026, outperforming the broad equity market by a sizable margin.
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Specialty REITs own and manage a unique mix of property types and collect rent from tenants.
Listed equity REITs have generally outperformed small-cap value stocks, posting slightly higher returns but substantially lower volatility and substantially better diversification benefits.
Michael Hudgins has long advocated for the inclusion of REIT securities in well-balanced investment portfolios.
REIT returns underperformed the broader equity market in November as investors concerned with rising interest rates shifted assets out of REITs and other income-oriented investments. The shift occurred in spite of the fact that analyses by NAREIT and various investment organizations have shown that REITs typically perform well in periods of rising interest rates.
The current bull market for exchange-listed equity REITs has rewarded investors with returns averaging more than 21% per year over the past 8½ years—but by the standards of previous real estate market cycles this one has not even hit its stride yet.
Harvey says REITs have brought governance to the industry, access to capital and liquidity, and exposure to a range of business types.
Record $109 Billion Raised in Public Markets
Broad equity and REIT market valuations diverge from time to time.
Most private equity investment managers measure their performance using IRR, and illustrates how SLOCs and forward commitments can be used to manipulate IRR computations to make performance appear better than it really is.
The three authors of the study, Tom Arnold, David Ling, and Andy Naranjo spoke with REIT magazine about their research findings and the ramifications for public and private real estate investors.
The bedrock of any investor’s portfolio—no matter how small, no matter how large—is an allocation to the broad U.S. stock market. To go just the tiniest step further, most investors start with a mix of U.S. stocks and U.S. bonds. The question is what to add to that basic portfolio.
Opening Doors to REITs in China and India.
At year-end 2021, 89 REITs representing 91% of market cap in the FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs Index were rated debt issuers.