On page 102 of the current Berkshire annual report, the stock performance index graph is telling.

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The following performance table associated with the Funds From Operations and price correlating graph above says a lot about the opportunity for income and capital appreciation as well as the risk of investing in this diversified REIT.

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Nomura has shown, unsurprisingly, that the stock performance of oil producers and explorers has been pushed higher by the price of oil, and that their performance has been tied to their amount of exposure, as made clear by the following graph.

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