RITA News and Press, ETFB Green SRI REITs ETF From 08/28/22

Summary The ETFB Green SRI REITs ETF (RITA) invests in stocks of companies that follow the values and teachings of Shariah law. While new, the index provides longer history. I will compare RITA to the unrestricted iShares Global REIT ETF (REET) to see how RITA's screening affected...

The REIT sector has fallen in 5 of the first 6 months of 2022, including a -9.44% total return in June. Large cap (-7.01%) and micro cap (-9.27%) REITs outperformed, while mid caps (-9.66%) and small caps (-10.61%) suffered the heaviest losses in June. Only 10.0% of REIT securitie...

Prologis is the largest industrial real estate company in the world. It was formed after a merger with AMB Property Corporation in 2011. The company has over 5,000 tenants, with its largest being Ecommerce giant Amazon. Management has recently announced the acquisition of Logistic...

The housing market typically follows an ordered pattern: mortgage rates lead sales and construction, which in turn lead prices, which in turn lead inventory. In the past few months, there has been a sharp spike in mortgage rates to a 10 year high. The increase in rates has led to ...

After back-to-back negative return months at the start of the year, REITs began the recovery process in March with a +4.93% total return. Large cap (+6.83%), small cap (+5.48%) and mid cap REITs (+5.31%) outperformed, whereas micro caps (-4.30%) fell sharply. 86.71% of REIT securi...