The S&P 500 currently is dividend into 10 sectors. This is about to change with Real Estate being added as the 11th sector. Real estate will be split from the financial sector and added as a sector of its own. No new companies will be added to the index. The existing sector composition of the S&P …

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Property prices in Asian countries have been rising at a staggering pace in the past few years due to the strength of their economies. Even during the global credit crisis last year prices did not decrease much if any at all in most Asian countries. In recent months, in addition to the spectacular run up …

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