REIT Stocks Didn’t Nosedive This Month — Why Not?
The structure of the trusts helped them withstand market frenzy due to Trump’s trade war
Commercial Observer | By Mark Hallum
Real estate investment trusts (REITs) proved to be as good as gold, or perhaps better, in the stock market’s recent period of instability.
Where many investors found even safe-haven commodities like gold to be extremely volatile as President Donald Trump’s tariff war with the world played out dramatically in the first days of April, many REITs ended up holding steady, keeping shareholder value well above water.