By guest contributor Ebony Chapman, Atchison Consultants
Australian real estate investment trusts (AREITs), as represented by the S&P/ASX 200 A-REIT Index, returned -35.1%. This is the worst monthly return of the index since inception in January 1977, followed by October 2008 (-25.2%) and October 1987 (-23.2%). The AREIT index underperformed the S&P/ASX 200 return of -20.7% over the month. This was the second-worst monthly return in the combined history of the ASX 200 and All Ordinaries...