How Will REITs Impact Your Portfolio?

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There is now a discount on the taxes applied to REITs under section 199A of the new 2017 tax code. The government will take a cut of the income if this is in a taxable account. In any given decade REITs may outperform stocks or stocks may outperform REITs and the same is true for any given year.

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