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UnBiasedTrading (TM)
Oct 21
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Sobering "news" about housing starts and building permits supposedly helped take down the markets today. Now, anyone who knows anything about the housing market is aware that activity picks up in the late spring and summer, then slows again into...
ETF Database
Oct 17
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A week that saw the Dow cross the 10,000 mark for the first time in a year ended with the blue chip index just shy of the psychologically important level. Most securities finished Friday in the red, as the ETFdb 60 Index, a benchmark designed to...
TheStreet.com
Oct 7
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one can utilize a declining dollar by investing in companies that make goods domestically and sell them abroad.
TheStreet.com
Oct 6
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Several factors point to a short-term housing recovery, and investors can use two exchange-traded funds to profit from it.
UnBiasedTrading (TM)
Sep 26
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It seems many markets may classify bearishly as completing, or already completed, a "b" wave up that positions them for lower levels. The housing and real estate markets look like they fit into this description. Below is my weekly chart of the...
FX Street
Sep 24
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IYR – iShares Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Index ETF – The real estate exchange-traded fund has edged 2.5% lower today to $42.44. Bearish plays in the November contract consisted of a 1,000 contract risk reversal wherein 1,000 calls were sold...
TheStreet.com
Aug 26
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While new-home sales rise, what will come of existing homes, especially those in the foreclosure process? The sector is still not in the clear.
THE PRAGMATIC CAPITALIST
Jul 31
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The put call ratio in the housing Real Estate ETF, IYR, has reached 19:1 as put buyers bet on a decline in housing Real Estate stocks. The IB options desk reports (from Thursday's trading):
IYR – iShares Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Index –...
Zero Hedge
Jun 19
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Well, the "for broke" part is hopefully a pun. But based on their most recent holdings, which among others include 104% of the IYR Real Estate ETF, Credit Suisse is certainly ploying something here (one hopes, or else that is one big fat finger)....
Erik's market view
Jun 19
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IYR
Sectors:SPY
(lots of charts I know, I could of posted many more sectors, but I didn't want to overload it X10)
For window dressing only, as an entire sector (now.....till next Friday)
Of all the...
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Overview
The iShares Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Index Fund is an ETF that seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance to the performance of the real estate sector of the U.S. equity market, as represented by the Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Index. IYR is listed on the U.S. AMEX exchange.[1]The Index includes companies in the following subsectors: real estate holding and developing and real estate investment trusts ("REITs") sub-sectors.[2]
Fund Information
- Fund Manager: iShares
- Inception Date: 06/12/2000
- Maturity Date: N/A
- Exchange: AMEX
- Ticker: IYR
- Expense Ratio: .48%
Top Holdings
This fund is based on the Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Index (DJUSRET). You cannot buy shares in the index directly.[3]
The following table lists the components of the IShares Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Index Fund(IYR):
| % Net Assets | Name | Ticker | Market Price | Shares Held | Market Value | Exchange Rate |
| 8.25 | SIMON PROPERTY GROUP | SPG | 47.57 | 2,677,591 | 127,373,003.87 | 1.000 |
| 5.17 | ANNALY CAPITAL MGMT | NLY | 15.25 | 5,238,902 | 79,893,255.50 | 1.000 |
| 5.10 | PUBLIC STORAGE | PSA | 63.42 | 1,242,389 | 78,792,310.38 | 1.000 |
| 4.21 | VORNADO REALTY TRUST | VNO | 40.96 | 1,588,817 | 65,077,944.32 | 1.000 |
| 3.53 | HCP INC | HCP | 20.73 | 2,630,360 | 54,527,362.80 | 1.000 |
| 3.43 | EQUITY RESIDENTIAL | EQR | 20.04 | 2,645,022 | 53,006,240.88 | 1.000 |
| 2.90 | BOSTON PROPERTIES INC | BXP | 43.94 | 1,017,797 | 44,722,000.18 | 1.000 |
| 2.88 | PLUM CREEK TIMBER CO | PCL | 28.14 | 1,577,588 | 44,393,326.32 | 1.000 |
| 2.81 | VENTAS INC | VTR | 28.67 | 1,513,232 | 43,384,361.44 | 1.000 |
| 2.72 | HOST HOTELS&RESORTS | HST | 7.30 | 5,759,133 | 42,041,670.90 | 1.000 |
Holdings as of 07/08/2009 [4]
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