DRW News and Press, WisdomTree Global ex-US Real Estate Fund From 02/26/21

The case for global real estate. The global market impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on real estate. Top holdings in global real estate. For further details see: Riding Out Market Bumps: Diversification Through Global Real Estate

The short squeeze frenzy - which sent shockwaves through financial markets and the political establishment - has fizzled out over the last week following a dramatic surge from many troubled businesses. The five heavily-shorted mall REITs have plunged nearly 30% since the peak of the f...

At WisdomTree, we think there is a unique opportunity presented in developed markets-one best accessed through a quality- and dividend growth-focused framework. In 2015, we launched the WisdomTree International Hedged Quality Dividend Growth Fund (IHDG), which seeks to track the Wisdo...

Stocks in emerging markets continued to lead the major asset classes in January as the top monthly performer. Emerging markets shares have been up for four straight months, pushing this slice of the world's equities to a wide one-year lead of nearly 28%. US stocks are posting the ...

U.S. equity markets climbed to fresh record-highs this past week amid relief over a peaceful transfer of political power and on economic data showing continued momentum behind the critical U.S. housing sector. Corporate earnings season is also off to a strong start, lifting the&#...

Global restrictions on travel, along with stay-at-home directives, have seen reduced demand for infrastructure assets such as airports and toll roads. The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted company dividend payments across a broad range of sectors including financials, consumer goods, tra...

U.S. equity markets finished mostly lower this past week as partisan tensions raged on while economic data and corporate earnings reports indicated that the U.S. economy stumbled into the start of 2021. The S&P 500 retreated 1.5% while the tech-heavy Nasdaq dipped more than 2% ami...

Healthcare REITs - particularly senior housing and long-term care facilities - have been "ground zero" of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic as the illness has devastated the world's elderly populations. While the initial roll-out has been slow, the successful approval of coronavirus va...

Earlier this year, we published a report titled "Cheap REITs Stay Cheap" that analyzed the "factors" that exhibited persistent outperformance in the REIT sector over the past several decades. Key takeaways from this report included the observation that higher-yielding, higher-leverage...

Despite suffering steeper losses in the March panic and again in the September/October correction, the Russell 1000 finished 2020 with a threefold lead over its global peers (up 21% versus 6.8%, respectively). As was the case globally, P/E multiple expansion, rather than dividend or f...