The Xtrackers International Real Estate ETF (HAUZ) tracks an index of publicly-traded global real estate securities in developed and emerging markets outside of the U.S., Pakistan and Vietnam. HAUZ has the potential to deliver broad-based access to an asset class that can deliver attractive current returns and significant appreciation for long term capital appreciation (along with meaningful volatility and risk). This ETF has the potential to be used as a tactical tool to establish a short-term tilt towards this riskier asset class, or as a component in a longer-term portfolio that fills a void left by many international index funds. The fund is one of the cheapest in the ETFdb global real estate category.
The Xtrackers International Real Estate ETF (HAUZ) tracks an index of publicly-traded global real estate securities in developed and emerging markets outside of the U.S., Pakistan and Vietnam. HAUZ has the potential to deliver broad-based access to an asset class that can deliver attractive current returns and significant appreciation for long term capital appreciation (along with meaningful volatility and risk). This ETF has the potential to be used as a tactical tool to establish a short-term tilt towards this riskier asset class, or as a component in a longer-term portfolio that fills a void left by many international index funds. The fund is one of the cheapest in the ETFdb global real estate category.
There are plenty of other variations on international real estate ETFs for investors to compare, such as the Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate Index Fund ETF (VNQI) or the iShares Global REIT ETF (REET), the two giants in the category. Other options include the WisdomTree Global ex-U.S. Real Estate Fund (DRW), the SPDR Dow Jones Global Real Estate ETF (RWO), the Global X SuperDividend REIT ETF (SRET), or the FlexShares Global Quality Real Estate Index Fund (GQRE), which tracks a proprietary index that assesses real estate investments based on quality, momentum and value.
Note: Prior to February 2019, this fund was known as the Xtrackers MSCI Asia Pacific ex Japan Hedged Equity ETF and had a different investment objective and performance profile.