REITs are the subset of companies that invest solely in physical real estate. They’re a good way to gain exposure to the real estate market without having to buy individual properties.
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- +SCB — Total market fund that includes small caps (85% LCB + 15% SCB)
- +EM — Global fund that includes emerging markets (~90% DEV + 10% EM)
- -CAN — Excludes Canada (or other specified country normally in the index)
- Acc — Accumulating
- Dist — Distributing
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Alternatives
Other options when no REIT funds are available
- Global REITs — The Portfolio Charts data only tracks REITs in the US, and the fund list reflects the US market. However, because the US makes up a large percentage of the global REIT market, a global REIT fund is also a good choice.
Definition
The Portfolio Charts REIT data tracks the full Real Estate Investment Trust index for REITs in the United States.
While I don’t have data for REITs in other countries or regions, the US has historically made up a large percentage of the global REIT market. So the data should be reasonably close to global REIT funds as well.
One common misconception about REITs is that they’re closely related to housing prices that normal people see from day to day. In reality, the largest holdings are often commercial properties like cellular towers and data centers.
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