By guest contributor Ken Atchison, Atchison Consultants
Australian real estate investment trusts (AREITs), as represented by the S&P/ASX 200 REITs Index, returned 1.2% in October, outperforming the S&P/ASX 200 return of -0.4 % over the month. Over the 12 months to October 2019, AREITs posted an impressive total return of 23.6% (4.3% higher than the S&P/ASX 200 return of 19.3%). During October a number of the AREITs presented their September quarter updates. Retail sales saw a...