The XLRE rose 12.40% (+5.00 pts) so far this year in a broad advance: 23 of 30 stocks rose, with WELL out front at +1.38 points.
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WELLTOWER INC and HOST HOTELS + RESORTS INC moved almost identically (+30.82% vs +32.18%), yet WELL moved the XLRE 8.4× 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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