Comments on: A Tour of ETFs: iShares CDN REIT Sector Index Fund

By: coonflight

coonflight — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 01:20:44 +0000

I have owned XRE now for 1 year and it has grown by 27% CG+Interest, yield about 7%.
Listening to CBC O’Leary, an interest hike can seriously affect REITS.
I wonder if I sh sell and wait for them to settle at a lower price, also to hang in longer might als be greedy.

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By: Claymore Global Real Estate ETF (CGR)

Claymore Global Real Estate ETF (CGR) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:22:39 +0000

[...] CGR is much more diversified than the iShares CDN REIT ETF (XRE) and has a decent yield, I wonder if it is appropriate to add foreign real estate to a portfolio, [...]

By: To REIT, or not to REIT

To REIT, or not to REIT — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 01:48:37 +0000

[...] to any asset class in the portfolio). Canadian investors can get exposure to REITs through the iShares CDN REIT ETF (TSX: XRE). The XRE is also a prime candidate for unbundling the ETF and directly investing in the underlying [...]

By: This and That # 100

This and That # 100 — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 01:40:06 +0000

[...] — the average ETF MER is now 0.54%, up from 41% just over a year ago. Pretty soon the iShares CDN REIT Index Fund will be one the bargains [...]

By: Costs of the Sleepy Portfolio

Costs of the Sleepy Portfolio — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 02:28:57 +0000

[...] most expensive ETFs in the portfolio are the iShares CDN REIT Sector Index Fund (XRE) at 0.55% and the iShares CDN Real Return Bond Index Fund (XRB) at 0.35%. The lone mutual fund in [...]

By: REITs: Risks and Returns

REITs: Risks and Returns — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 23:29:51 +0000

[...] response to an earlier post on iShares CDN REIT Sector Index Fund (XRE), some readers were interested in the historical risk and return characteristics of REITs. David [...]

By: Income Trusts and More - July 13, 2007 - Million Dollar Journey

Income Trusts and More - July 13, 2007 - Million Dollar Journey — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:15:10 +0000

[...] iShares Canadian REIT Sector Index Fund. (Canadian Capitalist) [...]

By: Canadian Capitalist

Canadian Capitalist — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 01:47:18 +0000

Mike: REITs and Canadian equities are where I plan to use stock holdings directly to capture exposure. I’ll probably end up holding just RioCan. My allocation is 5%, so even if my picks tank that’s ok.

Phil: That would be total returns before taxes and reflects the performance of US REITs.

By: Phil S

Phil S — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 17:47:04 +0000

Really? REITs including distributions returned less than equities? What about on an after-tax basis? A good portion of the distributions in many REITs (specifically the junior REITs) are classified as return of capital because of depreciation. And in fact if you never sell the REIT and hold it in a taxable account, then that portion is not taxed at all.