SPDR INDEX SHS FDS (AMEX:RWX)

real estate is making a comeback

With growth in international markets, international real estate will also grow

This gives good international exposure in the real estate sector. The fees are low, but not great. Certainly better than other intl index funds or ETFs. I prefer the concentration mix of this ETF to DRW and WPS.

Did a screen for small caps with five stars, minimum 50 active CAPS picks, maximum 3 Wall Street picks, maximum 20% institutional ownership, maximum 15 P/E, and minimum 5% div yield.

An excellent way to get exposure to foreign real estate market.

I'm very excited about this international Real Estate ETF, excluding USA real estate. The international scale of this investment vehicle avoids the risk of any regional real estate meltdown(s), and capitalizes on the huge sloshing sound as realty cash (especially from the USA) flees freely from region to region seeking safer real estate havens.

In other words, this EFT captures the effect of gains offsetting the loses (in extra-USA investments), because real estate capital tends to stay in real estate.

The harsh reality of this bet is that the USA is excluded, which makes this also a bet that USA troubles are (sadly) not over. For now, I am using CAPS to check out day-to-day physics of this listing, and if it has traction, I might eventually put some greenback on the table if I like what I see in the emerging business climate.

Top holding are:
Westfield Group Regional Malls 8.66%
Unibail-Rodamco Diversified 6.20%
Mitsui Fudosan Co Real Estate Operating Company 5.12%
Brookfield Asset Mgmt Inc Real Est Operating Company 4.75%
Land Securities Gp Diversified 4.32%
British Land Co Diversified 2.91%
Capitaland Real Estate Operating Company 2.30%
Hammerson Diversified 1.94%
Henderson Land Dev Real Estate Operating Company 1.92%
Hang Lung Prop Real Estate Operating Company 1.90%
Nippon Building Fd Office 1.87%

Here's my case in more detail:
Cash is sloshing around without a happy, secure home, and increasingly some are seeing the present problem for what it is: "insolvency."

That ain't nothing!

The question everyone is asking is "What to do?" Where can I stash my cash, and maybe make profits in the mean time?

I'm betting Investors with disposable capital will eventually conclude that one good, safe place to park their spare billions is in... nice ol' rent producing real capital outside the USA. I think the real estate types already have their pith helmets packed, but this EFT will benefit as increasingly others pile on.

From the profitably perspective, the really great real estate is international in scope, sometimes because it caters to the Plaza set, which is going to pay what it takes to get a lease wherever they decide is the best place at the moment. (If you have too much risk and trouble in the USA, you can check into a London location.) Haliburton just proves my point, moving their main offices to Dubai.

Basically, the cha-ching! sound you hear is the obscenely wealthy overpaying for their next hot lease... in a newly hot market. High end development is done with high end reality companies, just the types reflected in this mix.

So in CAPS land, I am really keen to what this EFT might do, and very interested in watching this closely in the weeks ahead. In real life, I have questions about whether EFT's are safe, and curious to hear from other Fools about their take on EFT's fundamental security. Any juicy intel, fellow Fools?

Great holding for diversified portfolio. Simple way to gain exposure to international real-estate market. Below is the latest country exposure of this index.

Country Weight

Australia 19.76

Austria 3.53

Belgium 0.88

Canada 8.01

France 8.42

Germany 0.92

Hong Kong 9.36

Italy 0.43

Japan 19.59

Netherlands 2.60

New Zealand 0.73

Singapore 5.35

South Africa 0.76

Spain 0.91

Sweden 1.34

Switzerland 1.21

Thailand 0.13

United Kingdom 15.59

[Cash] 0.47

Region Weight

Asia/Pacific Ex Japan 35.20

Japan 19.59

Europe Ex Uk 20.25

United Kingdom 15.59

North America 8.01

Emerging Markets 0.89

[Cash] 0.47

global real estate market... Where is it headed. I'm watching it.

If I buy this, even if it tanks, I'll still have ground under my virtual feet as roam globally.

More and more people on this planet, and fewer places to live. A Real Estate Index has got to go UP.

intl real estate is booming and will continue to boom

Like speculative bid on aussie real property. In for a few monthes.

international reits. prime commercial space : demand should consistently exceed supply for a long time.

Diversified commercial and office REITs across major developed country markets is my answer to stock crazyness, in spite of evidence of some over valuation in REITs and related ETFs. The legal structure of REITs is a benefit to stability. I'm not saying it's a safe harbor, but at least it represents a middle ground allocation between stocks and bonds.

international reit - -EFT-

Conversion of euro properties to REIT ststus will expand yields and draw US investors.

international reit index a highly promising future

Global Real Estate ETF