Blog REIT Dividend Yields Are Up In October REIT dividend yields increased in October over the prior month, and six Equity REIT market segments had dividend yields of more than 4 percent in October. 11/30/2016
Blog Industrial Is Top Performing Sector Among Equity REITs Industrial was the top-performing Equity REIT market segment, up 26.71 percent in the first ten months of 2016. The Industrial sector benefitted from the continuing growth of e-commerce. Many online retailers and shippers rely on Industrial REITs’ logistics facilities for the distribution of their products. 11/30/2016
Blog REITs Fall In October, But Lead Equity Market In First Ten Months The FTSE NAREIT All REITs Index, the broadest index of the U.S. REIT industry containing Equity and Mortgage REITs, fell 4.89 percent in October on a total return basis, while the FTSE NAREIT All Equity REITs Index fell 5.11 percent and the FTSE NAREIT Mortgage REITs Index declined 0.13 percent. In comparison, the S&P 500 fell 1.82 percent in October. 11/30/2016
Blog NAREIT Names 2016 Leader In The Light Award Winners NAREIT today recognized the REIT industry’s leading companies in the area of sustainability over the past 12 months – the winners of its annual Leader in the Light Awards. 11/23/2016
Blog REIT Industry Honors Henry and Buller With Leadership and Achievement Awards NAREIT today presented its 2016 Industry Leadership Award to David B. Henry, Co-Founder of Peaceable Street Capital and retired Vice Chairman, President and CEO of Kimco Realty Corp. NAREIT also presented its 2016 Industry Achievement Award to Steven Buller, Portfolio Manager at Fidelity Investments. 11/15/2016
Blog Funds From Operations Of Listed U.S. Equity REITs Fell 3.3% In Third Quarter, But Rose 6.8% Above Year-Ago Level Operating performance of U.S. stock exchange-listed Equity REITs eased modestly in the third quarter, following increases in the first two quarters of the year. 11/09/2016
Blog NAREIT Names 2017 Officers and Board Members NAREIT’s new Chair is Timothy J. Naughton, Chairman and CEO of AvalonBay Communities, Inc. Naughton takes over from NAREIT’s 2016 Chair, Edward J. Fritsch, President and CEO of Highwoods Properties, Inc. 11/08/2016
Blog Wilshire Study Presents New Approach To Investing For Retirement Income New research from Wilshire Funds Management, sponsored by NAREIT and based on portfolio optimizations using 40 years of investment return data through 2015, showed that adding a range of high income-generating assets (including REITs) to a traditional retirement-stage portfolio could boost income returns by nearly 40 percent. 10/27/2016
Blog REITs Outpace Broader Equity Market In First Three Quarters U.S. REIT returns continued to outpace those of the broader equity market in the first three quarters of 2016, according to the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT). The FTSE NAREIT All REITs Index, the broadest benchmark of the U.S. REIT industry containing both Equity and Mortgage REITs, delivered a 12.57 percent total return in the first nine months of 2016. 10/27/2016
Blog U.S. REITs Outpace Broader Equity Market In First Three Quarters U.S. REIT returns continued to outpace returns of the broader equity market in the first three quarters of 2016, according to the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT). The FTSE NAREIT All REITs Index, the broadest benchmark of the U.S. REIT industry containing both Equity and Mortgage REITs, delivered a 12.57 percent total return in the first nine months of 2016. The FTSE NAREIT All Equity REITs Index, delivered a total return of 12.31 percent in the same period, and the FTSE NAREIT Mortgage REITs Index delivered a total return of 20.16 percent. In comparison, the S&P 500’s total return was 7.84 percent. 10/26/2016
Blog Wilshire Funds Management Study Presents New Approach To Income-Oriented Retirement Planning New research from Wilshire Funds Management, sponsored by NAREIT and based on portfolio optimizations using 40 years of investment return data through 2015, showed that adding a range of high income-generating assets (including REITs) to a traditional retirement-stage portfolio could boost income returns by nearly 40 percent, while providing comparable total returns and no increase in risk. 10/26/2016
Blog Understanding REITs: How Large A Part Of The Stock Market Are REITs? When Real Estate companies are removed from the Financials Sector of the S&P Dow Jones Indices and become constituents of a new Real Estate Sector on September 16, the sector will be the eight largest of the 11 headline sectors that make up the S&P 1,500 Index. 09/07/2016
