FFR News and Press, First Trust FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Global Real Estate Index Fund From 03/08/21

Overshadowed by concerns about rising interest rates, a frenzy of real estate earnings reports over the last month have provided critical information on the state of the real estate industry. Roughly two-thirds of the 170 equity REITs in our coverage universe beat consensus FFO estima...

Global manufacturing PMI buoyed by further strong gains in production. Robust growth seen in the US, Eurozone, India and Brazil despite supply chain delays close to record high. Expansion limited by further slowdown in China, in turn linked to shipping and logistics problems. ...

Broadly-defined commodities were the clear leader last month. US and foreign stocks also posted solid gains as did real estate investment trusts. The overall trend for markets was bullish last month, based on the Global Market Index (GMI). For further details see: Major ...

U.S. equity markets were broadly lower on a choppy week after encouraging coronavirus data and positive vaccine news triggered a "reopening rotation" that sent Treasury yields soaring to mid-pandemic highs. Declining for the second-straight week, the S&P 500 retreated by 2.5%, whi...

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...