As 10-year Treasury yields surged in the first half of the year, exchange traded funds holding real estate investment trusts (REITs) were burned as investors headed for the exits. The Vanguard REIT ETF (NYSE: VNQ) and the iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF (NYSE: IYR), two of the most popular REIT ETFs, have bled $541.4 million and $1.67 billion in assets year-to-date.
Still, REIT ETFs are undoubted hits with investors. Led by VNQ, the largest ETF from this genre, the 33 dedicated REIT ETFs on the market have over $51 billion in combined assets under management, according to S&P Capital IQ.
Year-to-date, VNQ and IYR are each up about 4 percent, but those returns diverge over shorter and longer time frames, indicating investors should know what these ETFs hold before hitting the buy button. For example, IYR has topped VNQ by nearly 100 ...
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