We Like Most of its REITs

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ISHARES CDN REIT SECTOR INDEX FUND $16.05 (Toronto symbol XRE; buy or sell through a broker) holds the 12 Canadian real estate investment trusts (REITs) in the S&P/TSX Capped REIT Index. The weight of any one REIT in the value of the S&P/TSX Capped REIT Index is limited to 25%. RioCan REIT makes up 25% of the index’s value; H&R REIT, 15.5%; Boardwalk REIT, 9.6%; Canadian REIT, 8.8%; Calloway REIT, 8.1%; Chartwell Seniors Housing REIT, 5.8%; Canadian Apartment Properties REIT, 5.6%; Primaris Retail REIT, 5.5%; Extendicare REIT, 4.4%; Innvest REIT, 4.2%; Cominar REIT, 3.7%; and Dundee REIT, 2.6%. We’re glad to see that the top holding is RioCan, one of our favorite REITs. In fact, three of the top four holdings are among our recommendations. Note that iShares CDN REIT holds a couple of REITs we don’t recommend. iShares REIT currently yields 4.0%. Expenses run at 0.55% of assets. iShares REIT is a buy. buy…