Three ETFs for Global Real Estate Exposure
If you take even a casual look at the Forbes list of the world’s billionaires, one thing is absolutely clear: a great portion of their wealth was created not through investing in stocks, but real estate, suggests Carl Delfeld, editor of Cabot Emerging Markets Investor.
My advice is to take a global look at property markets since they oftentimes diverge from stock markets and certainly do not move together. Here are three ways for you to put some global real estate in your portfolio by investing in global REITs and ETFs:
iShares Global REIT ETF
REET’s major holdings include Simon Property Group, Prologis, Public Storage and Avalon Bay Communities.
This fund is invested 65% in the United States, 7% in Japan, 6% in Australia, 5% in the United Kingdom, and the rest in countries such as France, Canada, Singapore, Hong Kong and South Africa.
WisdomTree Global ex-US Real Estate ETF
DRW is a basket of international real estate companies weighted by dividends. It is up 17% so far this year with the top country weightings from Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia and Canada accounting for 63% of exposure.
Invesco China Real Estate ETF
A more aggressive pick would be TAO, which is based on the AlphaShares China Real Estate Index tracking the performance of publicly traded companies and REITs in China, Hong Kong and Macao. TAO has an impressive dividend yield of 6.3% and shares are up 25.6% year to date.
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