Introduction
It is well-known that central banks around the globe, including the Bank of Canada, have been running the printing presses more than usual these past few months, printing trillions of dollars to combat a recession. The consequence of this is that yields on all government securities have fallen drastically, with the 10-year government bond falling from 1.8% in January 2020 to 0.58% as of July 2020. Investing at meagre yields like this is not enough to even offset inflation expectations going forward, which could even be modest at best.
Many REITs