Access the TSX’s top REITs

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ISHARES CDN REIT SECTOR INDEX FUND $16.12 (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 0.60% of its assets. The fund yields 5.2%. The breakdown of its holdings are RioCan REIT at 20.1%, followed by H&R REIT (13.4%), Smart REIT (8.9%), Canadian Apartment Properties REIT (8.8%), Canadian REIT (7.5%), Allied Properties REIT (6.4%), Cominar REIT (6.1%), Dream Office REIT (5.4%), Boardwalk REIT (4.4%), Artis REIT (4.1%), Granite REIT (4.1%), Crombie REIT (2.5%), Milestone Apartments REIT (2.3%), Dream Global REIT (2.2%), Pure Industrial REIT (2.1%) and Northview Apartment REIT (1.9%). iShares CDN REIT is a hold. hold…