AFIN News and Press, American Finance Trust Inc. From 06/05/21

U.S. equity markets flirted with fresh record-highs this week as concerns regarding economic "overheating" cooled after employment data showed that job growth fell short of expectations for the second straight month. Finishing on the cusp of fresh record-highs, the S&P 500 rallied...

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American Finance Trust Closes $240 Million Securitization at Weighted-Average Interest Rate of 2.88%, Loan Term of 8.9 Years Includes $150 Million of AAA Rated Notes PR Newswire NEW YORK , June 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- American Finance Trust, Inc. (Nasdaq: AF...

U.S. equity markets rallied this past week as long-term inflation expectations eased following a lukewarm slate of economic data and as massive new government spending programs face diminishing public support. Snapping a two-week skid, the S&P 500 rallied 1.2% on the week. Bitcoin...

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It's back to "business as usual" for net lease REITs, which endured punishing declines early in the pandemic before ultimately exhibiting impressive resilience in the face of stiff macroeconomic headwinds. Acquisition-fueled growth - the "bread and butter" of the sector - has kic...

REITs extended their 2021 winning streak yet again with a +6.2% average total return in April. Large cap REITs (+8.78%) outperformed again in April, while micro caps (-0.70%) declined for the second month in a row. Eighty-nine percent of REIT securities had a positive total r...

REITs recorded a sequential improvement across all critical metrics in Q1, powering a historic wave of dividend growth in early 2021. However, several harder-hit property sectors are far from fully-recovered. The Great Financial Crisis resulted in long-term, lasting pain for the real ...

Overshadowed by concerns about rising inflation, a frenzy of real estate earnings reports over the last month has provided critical information on the state of the real estate industry. Results were better than expected across most major property sectors with roughly 80% of the 170 eq...

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