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Demand for REITs insatiable as investors chase higher returns

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The best year on record for Canadian publicly-traded real estate just keeps getting better, driven by an insatiable demand from investors for a decent return.

The capital markets had raised a total of $8.208-billion in announced deals as of Thursday , including $5-billion in equity, according to CIBC World Markets Inc. That total dollar amount smashed through the $6.255-billion raised in 2011 which was a record.

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Why mutual funds hurt your returns

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During the more than 10 years I spent on Bay Street as a technology analyst, I had a front-row seat on how the investing industry manages money.

I departed the Street knowing that I would never run my own portfolio the way that the investing industry handles clients’ money. The design of the industry exerts a constant drag on the returns you can expect.

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