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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Industrial, infrastructure and data center REIT returns outpace market.
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.
REITs have helped shape communities and the real estate investment landscape for the past six decades.
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REITs outperformed broader markets by nearly 1.3% in June, as the Federal Reserve hiked interest rates by 75 basis points and signaled a more aggressive approach to fighting inflation in the coming months.
REITs and broad market equities faced challenges in August, as the sharply rising 10-year Treasury yield hit 4.34%, its highest level since 2007, and then declined to 4.09% in the final week of the month.
The growing use of target-date funds (TDFs) remains the dominant investment-related trend in the defined contribution and individual retirement account markets, and REITs continued to be a critical component of TDFs in 2020.
In November, the FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs Index gained back most of the ground lost in the previous month, posting a total return of 3.5%.
Mortgage REIT returns outperformed Equity REITs and the broader equity market in the first quarter of 2017.
REIT returns nearly doubled those of the broader equity market in the first eight months of 2016. The FTSE NAREIT All REITs Index, the broadest benchmark of the U.S. REIT market containing both Equity and Mortgage REITs, delivered a 14.18 percent total return in the year through August.
Stock exchange-listed U.S. REITs delivered total returns more than double those of the broader equity market in the year through July.
The FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs Index continued to outperform broader markets in August, posting a total return of 5.4% as the Russell 1000 and Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market rose 2.4% and 2.1%, respectively.
Stock exchange-listed U.S. REITs extended their lead in total returns over the broader equity market in June and the first half of 2016. The FTSE NAREIT All REITs Index, the broadest benchmark of the listed U.S. REIT industry containing both Equity and Mortgage REITs, delivered a total return of 6.68 percent in June and 13.65 percent in the first six months of 2016.