1 Reason to Buy the Vanguard Real Estate ETF (VNQ)
The Motley Foolยท2025-08-23 12:11
Real estate has underperformed the market for years, but the environment is about to get more favorable.The real estate sector has underperformed the S&P 500 (^GSPC 1.52%) significantly over the past decade. The Vanguard Real Estate ETF (VNQ 1.93%) delivered a 77% total return for investors over the past decade, compared with a stellar 290% return from the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO 1.46%).It isn't necessarily that real estate investment trusts, or REITs, are doing poorly as businesses. They aren't. Rather, ...