| From Thestreet.com: Real estate investment trusts, or REITs, offer diversification and high yields with a low correlation to equities. REITs are a separate asset class worthy of a hefty allocation in a diversified portfolio, many money managers argue.
But real estate was a big catalyst for the financial crisis, undercutting the diversification argument. REITs, as measured by the iShares DJ US Real Estate Index Fund, fared worse than the S&P 500 Index during the bear market but not quite as bad as the financial sector, viewed by the Financial Select Sector SPDR...................Full Article: Source
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