This ETF holds the top REITs

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ISHARES CDN REIT SECTOR INDEX FUND $15.10 (Toronto symbol XRE; buy or sell through brokers; ca.ishares.com) holds the 15 Canadian real estate investment trusts in the S&P/TSX Capped REIT Index. Expenses for iShares CDN REIT are 0.60% of its assets. The fund yields 6.0%. The ETF’s largest holding is RioCan REIT at 20.6%, followed by H&R REIT (12.9%), Canadian Apartment Properties REIT (9.2%), Smart REIT (9.1%), Canadian REIT (7.7%), Allied Properties REIT (6.4%), Cominar REIT (6.2%), Dream Office REIT (5.4%), Boardwalk REIT (4.7%), Granite REIT (4.5%), Artis REIT (4.2%), Crombie REIT (2.6%), Dream Global REIT (2.2%), Pure Industrial REIT (2.1%) and Northview Apartment REIT (1.9%). iShares CDN REIT is a hold. hold…