The XLRE fell 3.33% (−1.43 pts) on the month in a broad selloff: 22 of 30 stocks fell, with WELL out front at −0.20 points.
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WELLTOWER INC and CAMDEN PROPERTY TRUST moved almost identically (−4.35% vs −3.71%), yet WELL moved the XLRE 11.8× as much. In a cap-weighted index, the bigger company's weight turns the same percentage move into far more points.
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