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The Real Estate Select Sector SPDR FundXLRE-USTOP PICKJul 11, 2018Stock price when the opinion was issued
Good momentum. Basket of commercial, residential, storage, and so on. Issue is the expensive valuation. Another way to play it is to look at the US homebuilders, such as ITB, his preference, which also has a home renovation component. Supply/demand dynamics speak to years and years of home building.
Crown Castle and American Tower represent 20% of this ETF; this is the whole 5G craze, since they own the towers needed for 5G. No problems holding this. He has no worries.
He likes the concentration of the specialized real estate holdings – including hospitals, multi-residential, high rises, etc. He sees this as a bond proxy that is better than telcos and utilities.