EWRE News and Press, Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Real Estate From 08/02/22

Last Thursday, the Commerce Department announced its preliminary estimate for second-quarter GDP growth at an annualized decline of -0.9%, which marks two consecutive quarters of negative GDP growth. The Commerce Department announced on Wednesday that durable goods orders increased a ...

Fueled by easy monetary policies and fiscal stimulus post-COVID, housing markets in many developed countries have recorded double-digit appreciation rates. Mortgage rates in the U.S. have almost doubled, rising by roughly 300 basis points since their low in February 2021. Based on...

Inventories have risen recently and there has been a lot of commentary about how this will negatively impact the economy. My brief overview of markets is that large growth stocks are still overvalued even as they led the recent rally. The sentiment about the economy is still quite...

We're approaching the halfway point of another newsworthy real estate earnings season with roughly 55 equity REITs representing 50% of the total market capitalization having reported results. Among the 43 REITs that have provided full-year Funds From Operations ("FFO") guidance, 30 RE...

U.S. equity markets ripped higher this past week after GDP data showing a second-straight quarter of contraction sent long-term benchmark interest rates plunging to their lowest levels since April. Delivering its first back-to-back weekly gains since March, the S&P 500 rallied 4.3...

Earlier this year, I identified EastGroup Properties as one of 12 REITs likely to outperform in 2022. That prediction hasn't panned out so far. I also predicted Industrial REITs would outperform the REIT average this year. That prediction isn't doing well either, but the year is only ...

Today’s GDP reading officially shows two quarters of negative GDP. A lot of this talk about recessions ignores the fact that housing is a big slow moving sector. The Fed appears to be pivoting towards a more dovish stance and that’s part of why stocks have been bounc...

Healthcare REITs - the weakest-performing property sector last year - have been among the top-performing REIT sectors in 2022, benefiting from their status as relatively defensive and recession-resistant REITs. The ebbing of the COVID pandemic has sparked a much-needed recovery in Sen...

After coming in higher than expected in May 2022, new home sales dropped in June 2022. Combined with lower sale prices, the change sent the market capitalization of the new home market in the U.S. falling in a gloomy portent for the U.S. economy. Political Calculations' initial es...

Why inflation may not be all bad for real estate? Is Canadian real estate facing a crash? Not likely. How a slower Canadian housing market may affect economic growth? Aggressive interest rate hikes by central banks have sent a significant chill across the real es...