Not exact matches
The SPIVA research
returns fairly
similar results every year; the vast majority of active funds underperform their benchmark
over both the short
term (one year) and the
longer term (five years).
As depicted in Exhibit 1, total
returns of New Zealand equities, as measured by the S&P / NZX 50, and property stocks, as measured by the S&P / NZX Real Estate Select, have been relatively
similar over the
longer term, while volatility has been modestly lower for property stocks.
Indeed some mutual funds, the equity ones, have given stellar
returns in past few years; also some have given very good
returns,
similar to what you mentioned,
over long term, which is 15 - 20 years.
Over the
long term, we can't make that argument with any confidence: we should expect their
returns to be
similar.
Core real estate, as represented by the National Council of Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries Property Index, tends to have
similar volatility to corporate and government bonds with a higher
return over the
long term.