Great way to hold top REITs

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ISHARES CDN REIT SECTOR INDEX FUND $17.10 (Toronto symbol XRE; buy or sell through brokers; ca.ishares.com) holds the 15 Canadian real estate investment trusts (REITs) in the S&P/TSX Capped REIT Index. The weight of each REIT is limited to 25% of the ETF’s value. iShares CDN REIT’s expenses are 0.60% of its assets. The fund yields 4.4%. The ETF’s largest holding is RioCan REIT at 19.5%, followed by H&R REIT (10.7%), Dundee REIT (8.4%), Canadian REIT (7.2%), Calloway REIT (7.0%), Primaris REIT (6.3%), Cominar REIT (6.2%), Canadian Apartment REIT (6.0%), Boardwalk REIT (5.7%), Allied Properties REIT (5.2%), Chartwell REIT (4.5%), Artis REIT (4.5%), Granite REIT (4.3%), Northern Property REIT (2.6%) and Crombie REIT (1.8%). iShares CDN REIT is a buy. buy…