REITs Rocking (GGP, SPG, VNO)

As the yield on government debt is coming back down after having been sharply higher from the beginning of quantitative easing to now, real estate investment trusts have not performed as well, as yield sensitive investors look elsewhere. Today that course seems to be changing around, as companies like General Growth Properties GGP, Simon Property Group SPG and Vornado Realty Trust VNO are all up just over 1% today.