U.S. Real Estate ETFs Battle For Inflows: IYR vs. ICF vs. RWR

By: ETFdb
With the economic turnaround in the U.S. gaining momentum, real estate investments were among the first to come back. They were also among the first funds to be crushed in the financial crisis, but as home sales and prices are heading up for the first time in five years, real estate is being pulled back into investors’ portfolios. Those looking for current income should not shy away from this market; these securities must pay out 90% of their income to shareholders in order to avoid taxation at the corporate level. Below we outline three U.S. real estate ETFs that have been battling for investor attention: iShares Dow Jones US Real Estate Index Fund , iShares Cohen & Steers Realty Majors Index Fund and SPDR Dow Jones REIT ETF [Download How To Pick The Right ETF Every Time]. Meet the Competitors Holding between $2.2 billion and $5.4 billion in total assets under management each, these [...] Click here to read the original article on ETFdb.com. Related Posts: Time For A Real Estate ETF? The Definitive Guide To Real Estate ETFs: Real Estate ETF Investing 101 Half Year In Review: Six ETF Stories From The First Six Months of ’09 Global Real Estate ETFs Leave U.S. Funds In Their Dust Are U.S. REIT ETFs A Buy In 2012?
With the economic turnaround in the U.S. gaining momentum, real estate investments were among the first to come back. They were also among the first funds to be crushed in the financial crisis, but as home sales and prices are heading up for the first time in five years, real estate is being pulled back into investors’ portfolios. Those looking for current income should not shy away from this market; these securities must pay out 90% of their income to shareholders in order to avoid taxation at the corporate level. Below we outline three U.S. real estate ETFs that have been battling for investor attention: iShares Dow Jones US Real Estate Index Fund , iShares Cohen & Steers Realty Majors Index Fund   and SPDR Dow Jones REIT ETF  [Download How To Pick The Right ETF Every Time]. Meet the Competitors Holding between $2.2 billion and $5.4 billion in total assets under management each, these [...]

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