REAL ESTATE INVEST TRUSTS

Portfolio diversification is critical in today's turbulent markets.

Increasingly, asset allocation includes REITs as part of the asset mix.

Investors must be wary that the REIT they choose is appropriate for their situation, and will perform as expected over the long run.

In "Real Estate Investment Trusts", editors Richard T.

Garrigan and John F. C. Parsons have assembled the industry's leading practitioners to discuss the REIT regulatory environment, REIT business strategies and investment analysis of REITS. "Real Estate Investment Trusts" is notable for its distinguished roster of contributors, including: Mark O.

Decker, President, National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts; Joe V.

Rodriguez, Research Director, INVESCO Realty Advisors; and Louis W.

Taylor, Vice President, Prudential Securities.