Notably, ETFs like Global X SuperDividend REIT ETFSRET and Fidelity MSCI Real Estate Index ETF FREL yield as high as 7.75% and 4.91% annually, respectively. Given concerns over U.S.-Sino trade tensions, heightened global growth worries and a clash between the Democrats and Republicans over the Mexico border wall funding, investors' need for a safe product is understandable. First, minutes of the Fed's December gathering released on Jan 9 indicated that still-subdued inflation led the central bank to consider a "patient" approach to future rate hikes.