Reit returns crushed in Q2

ItÆs been a terrible quarter for real-estate investors. A compilation of leading benchmarks show that, amid generally lacklustre performance across many alternative asset classes, real estate investment trusts û as represented by the Dow Jones Wilshire Reit Index in the US û have lost -6.3% year to date, with a -9.6% drop in the second quarter.Considering that in 2006, this index was the best performing alternative-investment benchmark, returning 36.1%, itÆs nothing short of a collaps…