Managed by Charles Schwab, the fund tracks the performance of the Dow Jones U.S. Select REIT Index, which covers publicly traded real estate investment trusts and similar securities, with the aim of tracking the U.S. real estate sector.
The iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of U.S. equities in the real estate sector.
The iShares Cohen & Steers REIT ETF seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of U.S. real estate investment trusts (“REITs”).
The Dow Jones U.S. Select REIT Index (the "Index") is designed to provide a measure of real estate securities that serve as proxies for direct real estate investing, in part by excluding securities whose value is not always closely tied to the value of the underlying real estate.