FFR News and Press, First Trust FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Global Real Estate Index Fund From 07/20/22

The REIT sector has fallen in 5 of the first 6 months of 2022, including a -9.44% total return in June. Large cap (-7.01%) and micro cap (-9.27%) REITs outperformed, while mid caps (-9.66%) and small caps (-10.61%) suffered the heaviest losses in June. Only 10.0% of REIT securitie...

Self-Storage REITs - usually known for their recession-resistant characteristics - have sold off in recent months despite a stellar slate of earnings results and upbeat interim updates. Storage REITs appear to be caught up in the bearish sentiment surrounding industrial REITs - a rath...

U.S. equity markets posted solid gains this past week as decent employment data eased concerns over a "hard landing"- for the U.S. economy at least- sparking a bid for risk assets. Recording just its third weekly gain in the past fourteen weeks, the S&P 500 advanced 1.9% on the we...

New orders placed for goods and services rose worldwide in June at the slowest rate for nearly two years, registering only a modest expansion of demand during the month. Future prospects look especially gloomy for financial services and notably for real estate. Banking firms saw n...

Manufactured Housing REITs - one of the most "recession-resistant" property sectors given their countercyclical demand profile - have rebounded over the past month following uncharacteristic underperformance in early 2022. MH REITs have remarkably delivered nine consecutive years of o...

First Trust FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Markets Real Estate Index Fund (FFR) - $0.2395. 30-Day SEC Yield of 3.18% as of May. 31. Payable Jun 30; for shareholders of record Jun 27; ex-div Jun 24. For further details see: First Trust FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Markets Real Estate Index Fun...

After uncharacteristically lagging for most of the year, Cell Tower REITs have been the best-performing property sector over the past quarter, benefiting from favorable macro shifts and positive industry-specific catalysts. One of the most “recession-resistant” property ...

Growth is slowing, but it’s slowing to trend at this point. So not to zero, not to negative, but something like the trend that we’ve experienced over the last couple of decades. So, if you’re looking for a great way to play inflation, look to the small cap asset c...

Rising interest rates have already started impacting housing prices in some developed market economies. In a flip from the 2008 playbook, the U.S. housing market appears to be the most insulated, while other developed markets exhibit more risk. As interest rates in developed marke...

The REIT sector has fallen in 4 of the first 5 months of 2022, including a -3.51% total return in May. Small cap (-2.26%) and mid cap (-3.46%) REITs outperformed, while large caps (-4.48%) and micro caps (-5.82%) saw deeper losses in May. Only 31.18% of REIT securities had a posit...