VNQI tracks a float-adjusted, market-cap-weighted index that contains property companies from both developed and emerging countries, excluding the United States. Stock components are drawn from the S&P Global Broad Market Index, a rules-based index that measures global stock market performance. From the initial universe, stocks are narrowed down to REITs and real estate management and development companies (REMDs) that fall under the Real Estate sector, as defined by GICS. Stocks are reconstituted every September using data at the end of July.