REITs, boasting big outperformance, have earned their own sector By: MarketWatch September 01, 2016 at 05:11 AM EDT Real estate investment trusts now will stand on their own, apart from financial companies, in the S&P 500 Index, says Phil van Doorn. Read More >> Related Stocks: Alexandria Real Estate Equities Crown Castle International Digital Realty Trust Extra Space Storage Inc Hashicorp Inc Cl A Iron Mountain Realty Income Corp Standard & Poors 500 Ventas Inc Welltower Inc Weyerhaeuser Co