REITs Are Battered. It Could Be Time to Nibble on a Few.


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Real estate investment trusts have been a tough place to make a buck for a while.

The $32 billion Vanguard Real Estate exchange-traded fund (ticker: VNQ) returned minus 26% last year, including dividends, as income-generating assets in general took it on the chin, in large part owing to the Federal Reserve’s aggressive rate-tightening to curb inflation.