You Don't Have to Lose Money in This Market -- These 2 REITs Haven't

The market has taken a merciless beating in 2022. Real estate investment trusts (REITs), which are typically considered to be somewhat safe havens, have not escaped the pounding. Indeed, the S&P U.S. REIT Index is down about 23% so far this year, a stunning turnaround from 2021 when the index saw a dramatic gain of nearly 40%.

But there are a couple of exceptions which are worth looking at: Sabra Health Care REIT (NASDAQ: SBRA) and W.P. Carey (NYSE: WPC). As the chart below shows, each of these stocks are pretty much holding their own so far this year in both price and total return, especially compared with the Vanguard Real Estate ETF, a widely used proxy for the sector which holds about 160 REITs at any given time.