Ishares Dow Jones U.s. Real Estate Index Fund (IYR) 50.28 -0.43

Last week S&P closed at 17-month high at around 1,150. After living through excessive volatility, investors get scared and are decreasing allocations to equity and searching for yields in this near zero rate environments. Investors had never seen anything like this before and lots of them are more focused on preserving capital today. Main REITs

SmarTrend identified an Uptrend for iShares Dow Jones US Real Estate Index Fund (NYSE: IYR) on February 17, 2010 at $44.74. In approximately 3 weeks, iShares Dow Jones US Real Estate Index Fund has returned 7.2% as of today's recent price of $47.98.

A portfolio is constructed from many different stocks, and I have a continued theme that may attract your interest. Dividends are a large part to investing, even though they may seem to be insignificant in the short run. When dividends are reinvested, they create large gains over time with the help of compound interest.

The first time I spoke with real estate entrepreneur Andy Miller was in late 2007, when I asked him to serve on the faculty of a Casey Research Summit. As John Mauldin, a former faculty member himself, knows, we’re very selective with our speakers. And there was no one in the nation I wanted more than Andy to address the critical topic of real estate.