REITs may be a good way to hedge against inflation, according to Brad Case, VP of Research and Industry Information at NAREIT.
In this audio clip, Case talks about a recent NAREIT study looking into using REITs as an inflation hedge, and discusses REIT Benchmarks and study results that indicate when REITs can effective as an inflation hedge in various economic periods. Case also mentions that teal estate as a diversifier and inflation hedge and other areas of REIT research
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