Should You Invest in REITs as Part of Your Risk Parity Style Portfolio?

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If you put something in your portfolio that has similar returns to the stock market but is diversified and maybe diversified down to a nearly uncorrelated status, say PSA, that should give you approximately the same returns with less volatility. That being said, it does not appear that REITs are some kind of panacea for your risk parity style portfolio. But they would make a nice addition if done in a reasonable quantity. You wouldn't want to be overloaded with REITs in your portfolio because it would not grow very much over time.

In this episode, which is Part Two of Two, we conclude the analysis of REITS as an investment that we began in Episode 19, using David Stein's 10 Questions to Master Investing, which are:

1. What is it?
2. Is it an investment, a speculation, or a gamble?
3. What is the upside?
4. What is the downside?
5. Who is on the other side of the trade?
6. What is the investment vehicle?
7. What does it take to be successful?
8. Who is getting a cut?
9. How does it impact your portfolio?
10. Should you invest?

We cover the questions six through ten in this episode.

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Backtest of REITs versus the stock market comparison:
https://www.portfoliovisualizer.com/backtest-asset-class-allocation?s=y&mode=1&timePeriod=4&startYear=1972&firstMonth=1&endYear=2020&lastMonth=12&calendarAligned=true&includeYTD=false&initialAmount=10000&annualOperation=0&annualAdjustment=0&inflationAdjusted=true&annualPercentage=0.0&frequency=4&rebalanceType=1&absoluteDeviation=5.0&relativeDeviation=25.0&portfolioNames=false&portfolioName1=Portfolio+1&portfolioName2=Portfolio+2&portfolioName3=Portfolio+3&asset1=TotalStockMarket&allocation1_1=100&asset2=REIT&allocation2_2=100

Composition of the ETF VNQ: https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/fund/vnq/holdings?mod=mw_quote_tab

Correlation Matrix of the REITs and funds mentioned: https://www.portfoliovisualizer.com/asset-correlations?s=y&symbols=VTI%2C+VNQ%2C+VNQI%2C+REET%2C+BXP%2C+PLD%2C+O%2C+SPG%2C+AVB%2C+WY%2C+VTR%2C+WELL%2C+PSA%2C+AMT%2C+CCI%2C+DLR%2C+WPC%2C+VNO%2C+LAMR%2C+GLPI%2C+LAND%2C+IRM&timePeriod=2&tradingDays=60&months=36