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Passive investors? i.e. if a large mall REIT is publicly traded, especially in the S&P 500 etc, cash will flow into its long positions simply by virtue of that.
by ak217 10y ago
Passive investors? i.e. if a large mall REIT is publicly traded, especially in the S&P 500 etc, cash will flow into its long positions simply by virtue of that.
- sigstoat 10y agoif such a REIT existed, that'd make some sense, but it sounds like there's nothing quite so simple, or else this guy would've been able to short more easily and directly than he did. (or maybe there's not enough volume/whatever to have been able to short said REIT to the desired degree?)
- burkaman 10y agoFrom another comment, there are some: https://www.google.com/finance?cid=431242 https://www.google.com/finance?cid=431242 and https://www.google.com/finance?cid=656855 https://www.google.com/finance?cid=656855 These might be too narrow for his purposes though.
- dontreact 10y agoThe Vanguard REIT's largest holding is Simon group, which owns a lot of malls. I don't think that REIT would be a good vehicle for shorting malls because there is so much else in it.