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FYI: After a sluggish end to 2018, real-estate investment trusts are showing promise again.
Lipper’s index of real-estate funds is up nearly 20% for the year so far, through July—slightly outpacing the average U.S.-stock fund’s nearly 19% return. Vanguard Real Estate ETF (VNQ), which is a proxy for the REIT sector, is up 21%. Regards, Ted https://www.wsj.com/articles/reits-show-resilience-11564970743