Retail Exposure Problematic for REIT ETFs

Amid fears of encroachment by Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) into new retail territories, traditional brick-and-mortar retailers are struggling this year. Even with a gain of more than 4% over the past month, the SPDR S&P Retail ETF (NYSEARCA: XRT) is still down more than 6% year-to-date while the...