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Are U.S. REIT ETFs A Buy In 2012?

Stoyan Bojinov — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:00:13 +0000

After a tumultuous 2011 many investors are still finding their footing in the markets as confidence in the global economic recovery remains battered down. Despite persistent volatility in financial markets coupled with a looming debt crisis in Europe, the U.S. economy has demonstrated tremendous resilience; investors on the home front have digested platefuls of better-than-expected data releases from both the housing and labor markets over the past few months [see How To Invest Like UBS In 2012]. Encouraging economic data and signs of a labor market recovery have prompted many to overweight U.S. exposure in their portfolios going into 2012; likewise, the domestic real estate market has caught the attention of investors looking to favorably position themselves as the recovery at home picks up steam. Consistent increases in new home sales and improving confidence amongst homebuilders have been two signs of a slow, but steady, recovery in the beat down [...]

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Surprising ETF Standouts Of 2011

Michael Johnston — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 13:57:06 +0000

After a record-setting October gave investors hope that 2011 would finish on a strong note, the first couple weeks of November have effectively taken any wind out of those sails. The culprit–surprise, surprise–has been the cash-strapped PIIGS economies of Europe, with Italy now grabbing the spotlight as a serious credit risk and a grave threat not only to Europe but to global financial markets. And just like that, it appears as if we are heading to dismal end to a generally dismal year for many investors. The asset classes that had powered big recoveries in 2009 and 2010, such as commodities and emerging markets, have largely fallen flat this year. Most major benchmarks are in the red year-to-date, and it’s probably a safe bet that many investors have lost money this year. There are, of course, a few bright spots; certain asset classes always thrive in chaos and others manage [...]

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Talking Real Estate ETFs With IndexIQ’s Adam Patti

Eric Dutram — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 13:45:19 +0000

Adam Patti is the Chief Executive Officer and Founder of IndexIQ, a New York-based ETF issuer behind several of the most innovative ETF products to hit the market in recent years including several hedge fund replication ETFs. A few weeks ago, we spoke with Adam Patti to get his thoughts on the current real estate market, investor sentiment in the space, as well as the pros and cons of looking at small caps in the sector. ETF Database (ETFdb): Thanks to the crash in 2008, many investors have shied away from real estate, is this still warranted? In other words, how does a real estate investment fit into a portfolio given current conditions? Adam Patti (AP): I think real estate generally is a core holding, well not core in terms of equity and fixed income clearly, but it’s something that I think every investor should have exposure to for the long [...]

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REZ: Crushing The Real Estate ETF Competition

Eric Dutram — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 11:00:40 +0000

With a weak consumer economy and a lack of job creation, concerns are once again beginning to return to the housing industry. For the 10 City Case-Shiller index, prices are down year-over-year in non seasonally adjusted terms for the most recent reading, leading to a dreaded double dip for many markets around the country. However, this doesn’t give investors the full picture of the real estate market in the country, as a number of other corners of the space have help up rather well in comparison. Stocks in some corners of the retail space, as well as those in the storage and medical sectors, have managed to do rather well in these difficult times and have given investors both solid gains and nice dividend yields. So, while overall the sector may still be facing some headwinds, most funds in the Real Estate ETFdb Category have performed rather well so far [...]

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Daily ETF Roundup: VXX Crashes On Equities’ Surge, VNQ Soars On Thirst For Yield

Eric Dutram — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 21:45:23 +0000

Tuesday was yet another roller coaster ride for markets as equities rose modestly to start the day, fell immediately following the FOMC statement, only to surge higher to close out the volatile session with multi-percentage point gains. The Dow finished the day higher by 430 points, a nearly 4% gain, while the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq posted even more robust gains of 4.7% and 5.3%, respectively. Commodity markets were also volatile on the day, as gold continued to surge, finishing around the $1,740/oz. mark, while oil which at one point fell all the way to $75.71 in Asian trading, closed the session at the $80.5 mark, a loss of about 1.0%. Other commodities were more mixed, as silver crashed by nearly 5.1% but copper gained close to 2.3%, while softs and other energy commodities finished the day close to breakeven for the most part. Treasury bonds and currency markets were also [...]

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First Small Cap REIT ETF Debuts: ROOF

Michael Johnston — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 13:42:26 +0000

IndexIQ, the issuer perhaps best known for its hedge fund replication ETFs, rolled out the latest addition to its growing suite of small cap lineup today: the IQ U.S. Real Estate Small Cap ETF (ROOF). The new product will be the first to offer exposure exclusively to small cap U.S. REITs, seeking to replicate the IQ US Real Estate Small Cap Index. That benchmark includes about 35 individual securities with a weighted average market capitalization of just over $1 billion; the underlying index is constructed by taking the bottom 10% of the market capitalization of U.S. REITs, subject to certain minimum market capitalization and average daily trading volume restrictions. ROOF becomes the 17th ETF in the Real Estate ETFdb Category, but the first to focus only on small cap stocks. That distinguishing feature may give the new ETF a unique risk/return profile; small cap REITs have put together an impressive [...]

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Daily ETF Roundup: VXX Sinks On Flat Market, VNQ Rises On Strength In Home Sales

Eric Dutram — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 21:45:35 +0000

U.S. equity markets kicked off the week on a mixed note as a few companies gave their earnings reports and other traders focused in on the dynamic commodity market for guidance. The Dow and the S&P 500 both finished the day down by 0.2% while the tech-heavy Nasdaq managed to gain on the session, posting a 0.2% jump thanks to a strong performance out of chip maker Intel. In commodity markets, most major indexes were higher on the day as strength in the soft and precious metal sectors outweighed weakness in the copper and energy markets. Once again, traders continued to pile into precious metals for safe havens although T-Bills also saw some inflows which helped to push yields down across the maturity spectrum in Monday’s session. One of the biggest gainers on the day was the Vanguard REIT ETF (VNQ) which rose by a modest 0.7% in the session. [...]

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Daily ETF Roundup: VXX Sinks On Economic Data, VNQ Rises On M&A Activity

Eric Dutram — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 23:34:20 +0000

U.S. equity markets rose broadly in Friday trading as strong economic data helped to boost equities across the board. The Dow rose by 57 points in the session while the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq rose more modestly gaining 0.4% and 0.2%, respectively. These gains came largely thanks to dovish Fed comments that suggested that the Fed was unlikely to raise rates in the near future helping to ease the pain of some disappointing earnings reports from Bank of America and Google. Thanks to this speculation over rates, commodity markets also performed strongly with hold gaining more than 1% and oil rising by 1.3% on the day. Other commodities also performed admirably with large gains coming in most of the energy products and some of the soft commodities as well. One of the biggest ETF winners on the day was the Vanguard REIT ETF (VNQ) which gained 1.3% to [...]

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Investors Put A Down Payment On High-Yielding Real Estate ETFs

Jared Cummans — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 11:00:37 +0000

To say that the current investment landscape is complex would be quite the understatement. Recent weeks have seen environmental, humanitarian, and economic crises break out in Japan, with the aftershocks rippling throughout the global economy. Moving across the globe, the Libyan Crisis has dominated headlines for quite some time now, as a series of revolutions spreading across the Middle East came to a head in this volatile nation. Now that key oil production in Libya has come to a standstill, the price of crude is skyrocketing, jumping to over $113 per barrel last week. While equity markets are uncertain, the appeal of fixed income has been dulled by a prolonged stretch of record low interest rates. Though the ECB has finally pushed rates higher, yields throughout the developed world remain anemic. This combination has brought renewed interest to dividend-paying equities, an option for investors looking to dial back equity risk [...]

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Daily ETF Roundup: UNG In Freefall, VNQ Soars Higher

Eric Dutram — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 22:00:58 +0000

Another rough start to trading on Thursday gave way to solid gains in the afternoon session as some key earnings reports helped to boost investor sentiment. The Dow managed to finish the day ahead by just four points while the S&P 500 posted gains of 0.2% and the Nasdaq led the way on the upside with gains approaching 0.6%. Meanwhile, commodity markets continued their slide as gold tumbled close to the $1,310/oz. mark and oil lost 2% in Thursday trading. Other commodities were mixed in the session as sugar and cotton rose but wheat and corn both fell by roughly 1% on the day. This commodity weakness came despite a slightly weaker dollar which suggested that investors were continuing to flee commodity markets as a safe haven and taking their chances with riskier stocks instead. Undoubtedly the biggest news on the day came from a number of key consumer companies [...]

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