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National Real Estate Investor November 1, 2004 Nicholas Yulico	Why Investors Are Still Betting on REITs So far this year, REITs remain hot. As of mid-October, the Morgan Stanley REIT Index had posted a total return of 17.8% year-to-date, while the S&P 500, Nasdaq Composite Index and Dow Jones Industrial Average were all in the red.
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Registered Rep. May 27, 2015 Debbie Carlson	REITs and Rates Some investors see the recent falloff in REITs -- down 1.43 percent year-to-date, and down 5.9 percent in April alone, according to the MSCI U.S. REIT index -- as a natural retrenchment.
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