By guest contributor, Atchison Consultants. Australia real estate investment trusts (AREITs) finished March flat (+0.1%), outperforming the S&P/ASX 200 Index which returned -3.8%. So far in 2018, the sector is down 6.4% compared to -3.9% for the broader market. AREITs continue to provide relatively attractive earning yields at 6.7% on average. Performance of AREITs was helped this month by the decline in the long-term bond yield which fell from...