# Prof. Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh on Real Estate Investment Trusts

1 Faculty News June 6, 2012 ![Institutional Investor logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_032206.jpg?itok=XtTdDJtV)>

Excerpt from [Institutional Investor](http://www.institutionalinvestor.com/Article/3041984/Real-Estate-ETF-Performance-Sours-As-Broader-Economy-Declines.html?ArticleId=3041984&p=1) -- “The year started off very well but REIT ETFs have all soured over the past month,” says [Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/stijn-van-nieuwerburgh), Professor of Finance at NYU Stern and director for Stern’s Center for Real Estate Finance Research. “Markets have perceived a higher probability of a macroeconomic slowdown.”

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