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.
Nareit’s REIT Directory provides a comprehensive list of REIT and publicly traded real estate companies that are members of Nareit. The directory can be sorted and filtered by sector, listing status, and stock performance.
CEM Benchmarking’s 2024 study also reveals allocations, returns, volatility, and risk-adjusted performance of 12 asset classes over 25-year period.
Experts say it’s important for ETFs to embrace REITs, and vice versa.
REITworld will take place Dec. 8-11 in Dallas, TX. This event provides opportunities for individual meetings between REITs, investors, and analysts.
For 60 years, Nareit has led the U.S. REIT industry by ensuring its members’ best interests are promoted by providing unparalleled advocacy, investor outreach, continuing education and networking.
Real estate is an important asset class that every investor should consider owning as part of a well-diversified portfolio. REITs have historically provided investors an efficient way to diversify their investments to reduce risk and increase long-term returns.
In 2016, S&P Dow Jones Indices and MSCI elevated stock-exchange listed real estate companies (including REITs) from under the Financials Sector to a new 11th headline Real Estate Sector under the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS).