FFR News and Press, First Trust FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Global Real Estate Index Fund From 06/26/21

U.S. equity markets rebounded following the worst week since February on promises of bipartisan progress on a significantly slimmed-down infrastructure package, reflecting concern that additional stimulus could further inflame inflation. Delivering its best week since February and clo...

Beneficiaries of the intensifying affordable housing shortage, manufactured housing ("MH") REITs have been the top-performing property sector over the past decade, continuing the strong momentum into 2021. Consistent with the trends across the residential REIT industry over the past q...

One risk on investors’ minds hasn’t been much of a factor in nearly a decade: inflation. By the end of 2020, despite real assets regaining some ground, the return deficit was –6.8%. Actually, when evaluated on multiple dimensions—inflation sensitivity, ...

The global economy has reached an important milestone in the second quarter of 2021, surpassing the pre-pandemic real GDP peak attained in the fourth quarter of 2019. After a 3.5% contraction in 2020, global real GDP is projected to increase 6.0% in 2021, its strongest advance since 1...

Cell Tower REITs - the single-largest REIT sector - are again pulling their weight after uncharacteristically lagging earlier this year, catalyzed by strong first quarter earnings and major M&A developments. Time To Focus: AT&T and Verizon ended their tumultuous foray into the...

U.S. equity markets slid to their worst week since February after the Federal Reserve accelerated its "lift-off" plans in response to surging inflation, sparking a sell-off in economically sensitive assets. Snapping a three-week winning streak and retreating from record-highs set...

IHS Markit's PMI business surveys showed the economic recovery gaining momentum in May as output growth accelerated to the fastest for 15 years. Although growth of new orders accelerated globally in May to reach the highest since 2006, employment growth slowed marginally compared to A...

Diminishing economic uncertainty from COVID-19 should give rise to expectations of a normalisation of monetary and fiscal policy during 2022. Although there has been much discussion on the prospect of rapidly rising inflation, we believe growth risks remain paramount for equity invest...

The REIT sector has achieved gains in every month of 2021 thus far, including a +1.77% average total return in May. Micro cap REITs (+12.2%) rebounded in May after a couple of rough months to significantly outperform their larger peers. Mid caps (-0.03%) narrowly failed to extend thei...

U.S. equity markets rallied to fresh record highs this past week as long-term interest rates retreated despite inflation data showing the highest annual rise in consumer prices in decades. A seemingly insatiable bid for Treasury Bonds - a counterintuitive trend that some analysts like...