Best Fit Real Estate Funds

Real estate funds invest in real estate investment trusts (REITs), which invest in and own commercial real estate properties. Generally, a REIT offers a high yield because it's required to distribute a large amount of its taxable income to its shareholders in the form of a dividend.

All ranked ETFs meet our Best Fit criteria.

#1 Schwab U.S. REIT ETF (SCHH)

Asset Class: Equity

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Performance (YTD): 5.71% Avg. Volume: 150,830
Fees: 0.13% Market Cap: Loading...

Benchmark: Dow Jones U.S. Select REIT Index

#2 SPDR Dow Jones REIT ETF (RWR)

Asset Class: Equity

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Performance (YTD): 5.79% Avg. Volume: 213,518
Fees: 0.25% Market Cap: Loading...

Benchmark: Wilshire REIT Index

#3 Vanguard REIT ETF (VNQ)

Asset Class: Equity

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Performance (YTD): 5.83% Avg. Volume: 1,841,014
Fees: 0.15% Market Cap: Loading...

Benchmark: MSCI U.S. REIT Index

#4 SPDR Dow Jones Global Real Estate ETF (RWO)

Asset Class: Global Equity

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Performance (YTD): 8.89% Avg. Volume: 98,967
Fees: 0.50% Market Cap: Loading...

Benchmark: Dow Jones Wilshire Global Real Estate Securities Index

#5 iShares Cohen & Steers Realty Majors Index Fund (ICF)

Asset Class: Equity

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Performance (YTD): 5.25% Avg. Volume: 444,288
Fees: 0.35% Market Cap: Loading...

Benchmark: Cohen & Steers Realty Majors Index

#6 First Trust S&P REIT Index Fund (FRI)

Asset Class: Equity

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Performance (YTD): 5.68% Avg. Volume: 271,668
Fees: 0.50% Market Cap: Loading...

Benchmark: S&P REIT Composite Index

#7 iShares FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Real Estate ex-US Index Fund (IFGL)

Asset Class: Global Equity

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Performance (YTD): 14.97% Avg. Volume: 71,820
Fees: 0.48% Market Cap: Loading...

Benchmark: FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Real Estate ex-U.S. Index

#8 iShares Dow Jones US Real Estate Index Fund (IYR)

Asset Class: Equity

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Performance (YTD): 6.27% Avg. Volume: 5,052,615
Fees: 0.48% Market Cap: Loading...

Benchmark: Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Total Return Index

#9 Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate Index (VNQI)

Asset Class: Global Equity

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Performance (YTD): 15.68% Avg. Volume: 35,276
Fees: 0.35% Market Cap: Loading...

Benchmark: S&P Global ex-U.S. Property Index

#10 iShares FTSE NAREIT Mortgage Plus Capped Index Fund (REM)

Asset Class: Equity

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Performance (YTD): 9.16% Avg. Volume: 236,847
Fees: 0.48% Market Cap: Loading...

Benchmark: FTSE NAREIT All Mortgage Capped Index

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Top Performing REAL ESTATE FUNDS as of 02.03.2012

Direxion Daily Real Estate Bull 3x Shares (DRN)

Total Return: 19.97%

ProShares Ultra Real Estate (URE)

Total Return: 13.59%

PowerShares KBW Premium Yield Equity REIT Portfolio (KBWY)

Total Return: 11.10%

ProShares Ultra Real Estate (URE)

Total Return: 43.29%

iShares FTSE NAREIT Retail Capped Index Fund (RTL)

Total Return: 33.62%

Vanguard REIT ETF (VNQ)

Total Return: 32.65%

* annualized