SPG - Why You Probably Shouldn't Buy VNQ

In a recent article entitled "REIT Investors: The 5 Investment Rules that You Should Know," I go on to present how individual investors can seek to outperform the broader REIT indexes by following some simple rules to stock picking.

Most readers agreed that our strategy is posed to outperform, but quite a few also suggested that REIT ETFs provide a more favorable approach. To be more specific, the Vanguard Real Estate ETF (VNQ) was suggested as the preferred way to invest in REITs.

VNQ is the largest REIT ETF

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