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Abstract–The Risk-Return Performance of Real Estate Investment Trusts

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  • Radcliffe, Robert
  • Brueggeman, William
  • Ennis, David

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This study examines the historic security market performance of REIT shares during the six-year period 1968–1973. Performance measures suggested by Sharpe, Treynor, and Jensen were calculated for a sample of 30 larger and older REITs on both a pre- and post-tax basis. Principal conclusions are: 1) The average mortgage trust sampled had “outperformed†the S&P 500 while equity and hybrid trusts have fared poorer than the S&P 500. 2) The differences in performance levels are due principally to return levels and not risk differentials. 3) A substantial portion of the risk inherent in an REIT is diversifiable risk. This together with other evidence suggests that most REITs have not diversified risk exposure to the extent they indicated they would and were able to. 4) Performance rankings using before- and after-tax returns were identical, suggesting that certain espoused tax advantages unique to REITs have been virtually meaningless on a practical level.

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  • Radcliffe, Robert & Brueggeman, William & Ennis, David, 1974. "Abstract–The Risk-Return Performance of Real Estate Investment Trusts," Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Cambridge University Press, vol. 9(5), pages 769-769, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jfinqa:v:9:y:1974:i:05:p:769-769_02
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    1. Claudio Giannotti & Gianluca Mattarocci, 2013. "The Role of Risk Measures Choices in Ranking Real Estate Funds: Evidence from the Italian Market," Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions, in: Alessandro Carretta & Gianluca Mattarocci (ed.), Asset Pricing, Real Estate and Public Finance over the Crisis, chapter 10, pages 165-189, Palgrave Macmillan.

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