iShares US Real Estate Financial | Exchange Traded Fund | USA The investment seeks to track the investment results of the Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Index. The fund generally invests at least 90% of its assets in securities of the underlying index and in depositary receipts representing securities of the underlying index. The underlying fund measures the performance of the real estate sector of the U.S. equity market and may include large-, mid- or small-capitalization companies, and components primarily include real estate investment trusts ("REITs").
Check etf.com to see what's in this ETF. Current snapshot IYR TOP 10 HOLDINGS VIEW ALL Simon Property Group, Inc.6.42% American Tower Corporation5.46% Public Storage3.42% Crown Castle International Corp3.39% Prologis, Inc.2.99% Equinix, Inc.2.76% Welltower, Inc.2.69% AvalonBay Communities, Inc.2.60% Ventas, Inc.2.56% Equity Residential2.47% Total Top 10 Weighting34.76% http://www.etf.com/IYR
I like to watch this ETF because real estate is similar to gold in being sensitive to interest rates. Right now it's got itself into a wedge.
Interesting stats from NYC, more units coming into the market than population growth. Property prices also falling in recent weeks.
