FFR News and Press, First Trust FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Global Real Estate Index Fund From 11/03/21

The recent run higher in the Sharpe ratio for the Global Market Index finally reversed in October. Risk-adjusted performance has slipped, but GMI's rebound in October lifted it to a new record high. GMI is useful as a baseline to begin research on asset allocation and portfolio de...

The long-run risk premium forecast for the Global Market Index (GMI) rebounded in October, edging up to 6.1%, based on revised numbers through last month. The new estimate is calculated in terms of the projected return over the “risk-free” rate, according to a risk-based...

US real estate investment trusts (REITs) and stocks posted the strongest returns for the major asset classes in October - by wide margins. US REITs surged 7.7% last month, reversing September’s sharp decline. The recovery puts American property shares in the lead for 2021 with ...

We're at the halfway point of another newsworthy real estate earnings season with roughly 75 REITs reporting third quarter results. We discuss the highlights and major developments thus far. Consistent with the trends seen across the broader equity market, REIT earnings have generally...

REITs achieved positive total returns in each of the first 8 months of 2021, but that streak snapped in September with a -2.87% average return. Micro-cap REITs (+1.99%) bounced back in September, while large caps suffered heavy losses (-5.42%). Fewer than a quarter (23.46%) of REI...

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 enter third-quarter earnings season as the second-best-performing asset class this year with total...

U.S. equity markets bounced back following the worst week since February as relief over a last-minute compromise to raise the debt ceiling offset disappointment over another weaker-than-expected employment report. After flirting with "correction territory" earlier in the week, the S&a...

Healthcare REITs - which were "ground zero" of the pandemic - were revived by the early vaccine rollout, but the "fourth wave" of the pandemic has slowed the positive momentum. Senior Housing REITs - the hardest-hit sub-sector - were leading the recovery as occupancy rates appear to h...

Risk-adjusted performance continued to rise in September for the Global Market Index (GMI), an unmanaged, market-value-weighted portfolio that holds all the major asset classes (except cash). GMI’s 0.97 Sharpe ratio is close to the highest levels reached in recent history. ...

Global Market Index is useful as a starting point for research on asset allocation and portfolio design. Predictions for the market components are subject to greater uncertainty compared with aggregating forecasts, a process that may cancel out some of the errors through time. Com...