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investment trust

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noun

  1. a financial enterprise that invests its subscribed capital in securities for its investors' benefit

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Nontraded real-estate investment trusts are similar to publicly traded REITs in that they invest in apartments, warehouses and other commercial properties.

From The Wall Street Journal

Electric utilities returned 16%, helped by the data center boom, while real estate investment trusts were notable laggards, rising just 4%.

From Barron's

The Asia-focused real-estate investment trust is acquiring an additional one-third interest in Marina Bay Financial Centre Tower 3, making it the biggest shareholder in the building, which has a value of about US$1.12 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal

Weyerhaeuser, structured as a real estate investment trust, is now operating at just above break-even based on generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, earnings.

From Barron's

The reason QQQ is having a proxy vote is because Invesco wants to change the fund from a unit investment trust to an open-ended fund.

From MarketWatch