This fund holds the top REITs

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ISHARES CDN REIT SECTOR INDEX FUND $16.33 (Toronto symbol XRE; buy or sell through brokers; ca.ishares.com) holds all 16 Canadian real estate investment trusts in the S&P/TSX REIT Index. Expenses for iShares CDN REIT are 0.61% of its assets. The fund yields 4.9%. The breakdown of its holdings are RioCan REIT at 19.6%, followed by H&R REIT (14.2%), Smart REIT (9.1%), Canadian Apartment Properties REIT (8.6%), Canadian REIT (7.8%), Allied Properties REIT (6.4%), Cominar REIT (5.8%), Granite REIT (4.3%), Boardwalk REIT (4.1%), Artis REIT (3.9%), Dream Office REIT (3.8%), Milestone Apartments REIT (3.0%), Crombie REIT (2.6%), Pure Industrial REIT (2.3%), Dream Global REIT (2.1%) and Northview Apartment REIT (2.1%). iShares CDN REIT is a hold. hold…