US equity REIT index returns

Main article: Real Estate Investment Trusts

The growing proliferation of indexes from index providers, along with a corresponding growing number of index funds and ETFs, creates a number of issues for investors, since the index returns of the different providers result in a dispersion of both yearly and multi-period returns. The annual dispersion of returns for Equity REIT indexes has ranged from 0.53% to 4.23% over the past two decades, although the return dispersions narrow over longer holding periods. These return differences are mainly due to the differing methodologies index providers utilize in constructing their indexes.

US Equity REIT Index Returns
''indexes: Dow Jones U.S. Select REIT Index; FTSE NAREIT Real Estate 50 Index; MSCI US REIT Index; S&P U.S. REIT Index; Wilshire U.S. REIT Index. Also included are returns of the NAREIT Equity REIT Index (tab 2)''

For index funds and ETFs linked to Real Estate Equity Indexes, refer to US Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITS).

Methodologies

 * Dow Jones U.S. Select Real Estate Indexes Methodology
 * FTSE FTSE NAREIT US Real Estate Index Series
 * MSCI US REIT Methodology
 * Wilshire Methodology and Construction

Data sources
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Dow Jones

 * iShares 2001 forward

FTSE

 * REIT.com by NAREIT, Annual Index Values & Returns, 1972-2009
 * iShares 2008 forward

MSCI

 * Benchmark Performance 2000-2010
 * MSCI US REIT Index Total Returns 2005-1996

NAREIT

 * REIT.com by NAREIT, Annual Index Values & Returns 1972-2009

S&P

 * S&P Alternative Indices 2006-1997
 * First Trust Annual Report, Prospectus 2009-2008

Wilshire

 * Wilshire Returns Calculator 1991 forward
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