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Published in TZ Latest News 20 May, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff

Broad REIT ETFs Hit Interesting Junctures, but Hotel and Retail REITs Weigh

The REIT iShares (IYR) and the Vanguard REIT ETF (VNQ) are at interesting junctures because they corrected within an uptrend. Even though both are at potential reversal zones, chartists should be careful because retail REITs and hotel REITs are weak spots within the REIT universe. The chart below shows IYR with an uptrend since November and a recent pullback to the rising 200-day EMA in May. The ETF held just above this EMA and firmed the last two weeks. It got a bounce on Thursday-Friday and a breakout at 79 would reverse the April-May pullback.

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