Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Vanguard REIT ETF Yielding Over 3% Beating S&P 500

The Vanguard REIT ETF (NYSE: VNQ) real estate investment trust ETF is yielding more than 3%.

The REIT fund has a three-year annualized return of 20%, compared with 13% for SPDR S&P 500.

The Vanguard REIT ETF tries to reflect the performance of the MSCI US REIT Index, which holds stocks issued by real estate investment trusts companies that purchase office buildings, hotels and other real property.

VNQ has a 3.43% 12-month yield and is up 1.2% over the past month, up 8.9% over the last three months and up 17.5% in the past year.


“Equity REITs are a hybrid asset class, offering yield and the possibility of capital appreciation,” according to Morningstar analyst Abby Woodham. “These firms generate income by managing properties and collecting rent. They are required to distribute at least 90% of their taxable income to shareholders, which is the source of their desirable yield.”

“In the past, REITs were viewed as a liquid way to buy commercial real estate and improve a portfolio’s diversification,” Woodham added. “Real estate also has some inflation-hedging qualities.”

Source:  Tom Lydon, ETF Trends

VNQ is a component of the D2 Capital Management Multi-Asset Income Portfolio.

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