FFR News and Press, First Trust FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Global Real Estate Index Fund From 04/22/21

Real estate earnings season kicks off this week. We'll see results from more than 175 equity REITs, 40 mortgage REITs, and dozens of housing industry companies over the next month. REITs are off to a hot start to 2021 with a record-setting quantity of dividend increases. 51 equity REI...

The coronavirus pandemic has exposed the fragility of global supply chains. Demand for industrial real estate space remains insatiable as businesses scramble to invest in logistics resiliency. Order delays and bottlenecks have worsened amid the global economic reopenings, frustrating ...

U.S. equity markets rallied to fresh record-highs this past week as long-term interest rates and inflation expectations pulled back despite a stellar slate of economic data and corporate earnings reports. Concerns over the impact of a temporary safety-related halt of the Johnson &...

Healthcare REITs - particularly senior housing and long-term care facilities - have been revived by the early vaccination success. New coronavirus cases have been nearly eradicated in senior living facilities. Senior living facilities were ground zero of the pandemic as the illness ha...

Get Woke, Go Broke? Prison REITs - arguably the "darkest corner" of the REIT sector - have been punished by ever-intensifying political hostilities and declining prison populations across the country. Last week, GEO Group joined CoreCivic in eliminating its dividend and "evaluating it...

U.S. equity markets climbed to fresh record highs this week amid a pullback in interest rates and inflation expectations as the global growth outlook has been tempered by ongoing COVID issues abroad. Climbing to fresh record highs, the S&P 500 gained another 2.7% on the week while...

Global PMI signals fastest rise in firms' input costs since 2008. Charges for goods and services both rise at steepest rates in PMI survey history. US sees sharpest price hikes, led by rising prices for consumer goods. For further details see: Global Price Gauge Hits New...

Global PMI highest since August 2014. Manufacturing reports robust expansion despite supply delays, services boosted by easing of COVID-19 restrictions. Consumer services show signs of steadying after steep downturn. US leads upturn, Brazil lags. For further details see:...

Flying High: The emerging Cannabis REIT sector has been far-and-away the best-performing property sector since the start of 2019, soaring more than 150% in 2020 following 70% gains the prior year. The momentum has continued this year after New York became the 15th state to fully legal...

Powered by Spring Break demand and accelerated by the vaccine roll-out, the recovery in domestic leisure travel - and hotel occupancy - has picked up meaningfully over the past month. TSA data showed that travel is now at 60% of pre-pandemic levels after bottoming at less than 5%. STR...