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REIT Rankings: Manufactured Housing In our REIT Rankings series, we introduce and update readers to each of the residential and commercial real estate sectors. We focus on sector-level fundamentals, analyzing supply and demand conditions and macroeconomic factors driving underlying perfo...

REIT Rankings: Data Centers In our REIT Rankings series, we introduce and update readers to each of the residential and commercial real estate sectors. We focus on sector-level fundamentals, analyzing supply and demand conditions and macroeconomic factors driving underlying performance...

Survey data show that business gloom surrounding the path of the global economy and geopolitical uncertainty had begun to fade at the start of 2020, prior to the 2019-nCov outbreak. Anecdotal evidence from global survey panelists shows that the worldwide outlook had improved since last autum...

Originally published on January 13, 2020 By Philip Lawlor, Managing Director, Head of Global Market Research Global equity markets rode some dramatic twists and turns in 2019, and factor performance followed suit. Our latest Factor Indicator report highlights the most notable theme in ...

Real Estate Weekly Outlook A wild 24 hours of geopolitics appeared to resolve months of macroeconomic uncertainty both in the U.S. and across the pond, sending domestic equity markets to fresh record highs. Just two days before the planned punitive tariff hike on Sunday, the U.S. and China...

Real Estate Weekly Outlook Black Friday discounts were plentiful on the holiday-shortened Thanksgiving week, but discounts weren't easy to find in the equity markets. After snapping their six-week winning streak last week, US equity markets delivered a strong start to the holiday season wi...

Real Estate Weekly Outlook US equity markets finished the week modestly lower, snapping a six-week winning streak, as the on-again-off-again status of "Phase 1" of the U.S.-China trade deal continues to oscillate the major indexes. It was a jam-packed week of economic data, retail earnings...

REIT Rankings: Cell Towers In our REIT Rankings series, we analyze REITs within each of the commercial and residential sectors, focusing on property-level fundamentals and the macroeconomic forces driving overall supply and demand conditions. We then analyze REITs based on both common an...

Introduction Each month, I extract about a thousand mutual funds, exchange traded funds and closed end funds from Mutual Fund Observer, and rank them for Risk (MFO Risk, Ulcer Index, Category Performance During Recessions, Leverage, Debt Quality, Debt/Equity), Risk Adjusted Returns (MFO Rank...

REIT Rankings: Mall REITs In our REIT Rankings series, we analyze REITs within each of the commercial and residential sectors, focusing on property-level fundamentals and the macroeconomic forces driving overall supply and demand conditions. We then analyze REITs based on both common and...