FlexShares Global Quality Real Estate Index Fund

GQRE

Market cap $413M

Surging oil prices and hotter inflation reports reignited rate-hike concerns, sending Treasury yields to one-year highs as the Iran conflict remained stalemated despite the highly anticipated Trump-Xi summit.

iShares Global REIT ETF (REET) offers a significantly lower expense ratio than FlexShares Global Quality Real Estate Index Fund (GQRE). GQRE provides a higher trailing-12-month distribution yield but has experienced a deeper maximum drawdown over the last five years.

U.S. equity markets advanced for a fifth straight week - their longest winning streak since 2024 - as strong earnings, resilient data, and hopes for lasting Iran peace fueled optimism. Investors looked through another oil-price surge and inflationary pressure, focusing instead on corporate resilience and economic strength despite a complex macro backdrop shaped by geopolitical and policy uncertainty. The Fed held rates steady in an unusually fractured 8-4 vote, while Powell's plan to remain on the Board broke precedent and raised politically charged succession questions.

GQRE costs nearly twice as much as RWR but offers a higher dividend yield and broader global exposure. RWR has delivered a stronger five-year total return with a smaller drawdown than GQRE.

GQRE charges a higher expense ratio but offers a notably higher dividend yield than ICF ICF has delivered stronger five-year growth, while GQRE provides broader diversification across more holdings Both funds focus on real estate, but GQRE includes global exposure and a larger number of REITs

GQRE charges a lower expense ratio and offers a higher dividend yield than RWX. RWX outperformed on one-year return, but GQRE showed stronger five-year growth and a slightly milder max drawdown.

GQRE charges a notably higher expense ratio but sports a higher dividend yield than REET. Both funds delivered nearly identical 1-year returns, yet GQRE saw a deeper five-year drawdown and holds fewer positions.

HAUZ offers a much lower expense ratio and broader international real estate exposure than GQRE. GQRE has a slightly higher dividend yield and a heavier tilt toward U.S.-listed REITs.

GQRE charges a higher expense ratio but offers a noticeably higher dividend yield than VNQ. GQRE outperformed VNQ over the past year, though both saw similar maximum drawdowns over five years.

VNQI charges a much lower expense ratio and has over 10 times the assets under management of GQRE GQRE shows slightly less severe drawdowns over the past five years Both funds tilt heavily toward real estate, but GQRE is more concentrated in U.S.-listed REITs while VNQI is broadly diversified internationally