Real estate investment trusts (REITs) and the corresponding exchange-traded funds faced a trying environment in 2015, as investors anticipated the Federal Reserve's first interest rate increase in nearly a decade, but that environment has rapidly changed in 2016 as investors' search for safe-haven assets has sent Treasury yields tumbling.
With above-average yields being one of the primary reasons income investors turn to REITs, it is notable that the asset class is participating in the recent dividend growth seen throughout the broader financial services sector. Real estate stocks will be classified as financial services names until late August when real estate separates into the eleventh S&P 500 sector.
Ebbing Treasury yields have helped benchmark REIT ETFs perform notably less poorly than broader financial services ETFs this year. For ...
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