| Dow Jones Indexes measures the performance of the Real Estate Investment
Trust (REIT) industry through a comprehensive family of REIT indexes designed to capture the
performance of all sectors of this asset class. The Dow Jones REIT Composite Index contains all
the publicly traded U.S. REITs in the Dow Jones U.S. stock universe. The Index, which is further
subdivided into equity, mortgage and hybrid sub-categories, also serves as the selection universe
for the REITs in the investable Dow Jones U.S. Select REIT Index and the Dow Jones Real Estate
Index. Both the Composite REIT Index and the Equity subgroup are calculated and disseminated
every 15 seconds during the trading day. The other REIT subgroups are published each day after
the close of trading. And, because dividend income is such a vital factor in REIT investing,
total-return indexes also are calculated and disseminated daily for all of the Dow Jones REIT
indexes. |
