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David Bodamer
David Bodamer has been Editor-in-Chief since May 2006. Prior to that, he served as Managing Editor. Before joining Retail Traffic, Bodamer served as associate editor and senior associate editor for Commercial...more

REITs Sliding Today

David Bodamer October 14th, 2008

Even though the broader stock market is relatively flat–the Dow is down about 1 percent as I’m typing this–REIT stocks are getting killed. The Morgan Stanley REIT index is down 8 percent right now. I have no idea why REITs are down so much. Any thoughts? I mean, I did link to two possible reasons earlier today, but that can’t be the only explanation. … I don’t think.