iShares DJ US Real Estate Index Fund (IYR) $59.90 -4.81%

| March 6, 2008 More

One of the top trades so far today involved an opening buy of April 60 puts on the iShares Dow Jones US Real Estate Index Fund. The IYR holds 83 different securities (including real estate holding and development and REITs). Since it is market-value weighted, the largest component, Simon Property (SPG) accounts for 6.7 percent of the fund. So, it is dominated by large cap REITs. The opening put buy on the IYR seems to be a defensive play on the view the industry could see further losses between now and April option expiration. Perhaps go back and revisit its January low. chart

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