real estate investment trusts

Funds that invest in real estate investment trusts rose an average 7.5% last year, beating the Standard & Poor's 500 index's 2.1% gain.

With commercial real-estate loans failing at an alarming rate, financial firms are creating real-estate investment trusts, or REITs, to buy the mortgages at deep discounts.

Jeff Tyler reports.

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