Comments on: Analysis of Vanguard REIT ETF (VNQ)

By: Should You Invest In REIT? : Moolanomy

Should You Invest In REIT? : Moolanomy — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 15:28:34 +0000

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By: Four Pillars

Four Pillars — Fri, 09 May 2008 16:01:21 +0000

Ryan, I’ll have to look at FFR – that might be even better for me. I’m not crazy about thinly traded securities however.

By: ryan

ryan — Fri, 09 May 2008 14:24:15 +0000

i own VNQ. i wanted to switch to FFR which is an internation REIT index with a 39% US portion.

the only problem was that it is so thinly traded that Schwab would only sell in round lots (100 shares), which was $4500 a trade at the time.

maybe later, but i dont roll on that level for my REIT portion just yet. stuck with the VNQ.

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Weekly Dividend Investing Roundup - May 3, 2008 » The Dividend Guy Blog — Sat, 03 May 2008 12:57:37 +0000

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By: Four Pillars

Four Pillars — Fri, 02 May 2008 18:39:52 +0000

Kyle – I haven’t seen one of those.

Cheap – I won’t be including my home in the real estate asset class. I can see why people do that but in my mind it doesn’t make sense for me.

It doesn’t matter to me what my home is worth – an increase in value or decrease in value won’t change anything even if I’m retired (unless I downsize). REITs on the other hand will be part of a portfolio providing retirement income so the REIT value will be very important.

Not sure if that answer is relevant to the question.

By: Mr. Cheap

Mr. Cheap — Fri, 02 May 2008 17:51:17 +0000

I’ll be looking forward to your post on your Canadian REIT allocation (are you going to include your home in this portion?).

By: Kyle

Kyle — Fri, 02 May 2008 15:50:12 +0000

I own the mutual fund version of this ETF in my ROTH and I’ve been happy with it. There are a few sectors it doesn’t include at all, like mortgage REITs, but it gets the job done. Now if I could just find a good foreign REIT fund.

By: Four Pillars

Four Pillars — Fri, 02 May 2008 14:24:26 +0000

Hi KM – thanks for the comment!

You must have missed my last 14 posts on REITS.

I was looking at just buying some of the top reits in XRE for the Canadian REIT portion and I’m really leaning towards just having Riocan.

50% Riocan and 50% VNQ