REIT index for the week

Here is the e-FinancialWriter REIT Index for the week ending February 3, 2012.  

REIT	Sector	Blog date	Price	Closing price 02/03/12	Return to date %	Dividend yield %
PSA	Self storage	3/14/2010	90.75	141.34	55.57	2.58
VTR	Health care	12/30/2010	52.87	58.55	10.74	3.93
HCP	Health care		36.81	41.74	13.39	5.8
HCN	Health care		47.53	56.89	19.69	5.07
SNH	Health care		22.00	22.91	4.14	6.58
IAECREIN:CN	Canada	9/27/2011	19.45cn	22.19cn	19.23	0
ZRE:CN	Canada		16.29cn	19.27cn	18.29	5.23
INVRLPRA:CN	Canada		5.45cn	5.46 cn	0	2.05
NNN	Retail	1/29/2012	27.18	27.26	0.29	5.63
Index return since inception*					24.58

Source: Bloomberg

*Does not include dividends paid

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Have a good weekend!  

George