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Strengths of the biggest property stocks in 2012
By Marubozu  •  December 10, 2012

In the first 11 months of 2012, the FTSE ST Real Estate Holding & Development Index and FTSE ST Real Estate Investment Trust Index both outperformed the other sector indices of the FTSE ST Index Series. The year-to-date total return of the two sector indices amounted to 50.7% and 42.8% respectively at the end of November.
 
The last time these two sectors were the respective sector outperformers was eight years ago, in 2004. Another observation of 2004 is that the Straits Times Index (STI) gained +16.7% over the year. As of the Friday close, the STI had gained +17.4% in the 2012 year-to-date. Nevertheless, there a still three weeks left for the 2012 year which could still see changes to all of the sector performances.
 
There are generally two types of real estate stocks available to investors. The first is Real Estate stocks, which ...

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