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ISHARES MSCI EMERGING MARKETS INDEX FUND $33.84 (New York symbol EEM; buy or sell through brokers) aims to track the MSCI Emerging Markets Index.

The fund’s geographic breakdown includes China, 23.5%; South Korea, 16.4%; Taiwan, 12.4%; India, 8.2%; South Africa, 7.6%; Brazil, 6.2%; Mexico, 4.8%; Russia, 3.9%; Malaysia, 3.2%; Indonesia, 2.5%; Thailand, 2.2%; and Turkey, 1.4%.

Its top holdings are Samsung Electronics (South Korea), 3.7%; Taiwan Semiconductor (computer chips), 3.1%; Tencent Holdings (China: Internet), 2.5%; China Mobile, 2.1%; China Construction Bank, 1.7%; Industrial & Commercial Bank of China, 1.3%; Hon Hai Precision Industry (Taiwan), 1.1%; and Bank of China, 1.1%.

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RIOCAN REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST $24.99 (Toronto symbol REI.UN; Units outstanding: 319.9 million; Market cap: $8.2 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Average; Dividend yield: 5.5%; www.riocan.com) has settled its dispute with U.S.-based department store chain Target (New York symbol TGT).

In April 2015, Target closed all 133 of its Canadian stores, including 26 in RioCan’s malls. So far, the trust has found new tenants for seven of these stores. It will have to remodel the other 19, but it expects to have them rented by the end of 2017.

Target has now paid $132 million in compensation. Of that total, $92 million went to RioCan and $40 million went to its partners in some of these malls.

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H&R REIT $21.11 (Toronto symbol HR.UN; Units outstanding: 278.3 million; Market cap: $5.9 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk; Dividend yield: 6.4%; www.hr-reit.com) owns or has stakes in 506 office buildings, industrial properties and shopping malls in Canada and the U.S. In all, these holdings include 46.6 million square feet of leasable space.

In December 2014, the REIT sold part ownership in 101 industrial properties, or a total of 19.5 million square feet, in Canada and the U.S. for $731 million. The buyers included the Canadian Public Sector Pension Investment Board.

H&R kept a 50% interest in the Canadian properties and a 49.5% stake in the U.S. portfolio. It continues to manage these assets and receives fees for doing so. H&R also held on to full ownership of 14 other industrial properties.

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CANADIAN REIT $41.74 (Toronto symbol REF.UN; Units outstanding: 72.9 million; Market cap: $3.0 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk; Dividend yield: 4.3%; www.creit.ca) owns 198 properties, including retail, industrial and office buildings, across Canada and in Chicago. These holdings contain 24.9 million square feet of leasable area. The trust’s occupancy rate is 94.7%.

In the three months ended September 30, 2015, Canadian REIT’s revenue rose 4.5%, to $109.5 million from $104.8 million a year earlier. Cash flow per unit gained 2.7%, to $0.76 from $0.74.

The trust aims to grow mostly by developing its own properties rather than through large acquisitions. Over the next few years, it’s spending $660 million to add 3.1 million square feet of space. To cut its risk, Canadian REIT takes on partners to help carry out big projects.

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