FRI News and Press, First Trust S&P REIT Index Fund From 09/14/22

Summary One of the more "bond-like" and rate-sensitive REIT sectors, net lease REITs have surprisingly been among the best-performing property sectors this year despite the challenging rising-rate environment. Even with rent growth significantly lagging inflation, net lease REITs ...

Summary Stocks and bonds and commodities continued to trade and move around in price but there was no news to which those movements could be attributed. Most of what passes for news, the things people credit with moving markets on a day-to-day or week-to-week basis, is nothing mor...

Summary U.S. equity markets snapped a three-week skid with broad-based gains this week as domestic inflation expectations receded sharply amid a further deterioration in the demand outlook for Europe and Asia. Rebounding after a three-week selloff that had erased much of the late-...

Summary The main economic data release for the trading week is the US inflation report. The UK economy is in a precarious position and facing a recession. Chinese President Xi is expected to meet with Russian President Putin at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in U...

Summary One of the best-performing property sectors over the past quarter, Single-Family Rental ("SFR") REITs have been beneficiaries of surging mortgage rates, which made renting single-family homes a relative bargain. Single-family rents rose at the fastest pace on record throug...

Summary We believe that cash flow and debt sustainability are likely to become increasingly important as real economic growth slows and credit access tightens. Cash flow provides a link between a company’s income statement and their balance sheet. Focusing on the Russel...

Summary While still outperforming the REIT Index this year, timber and farmland REITs have pulled back amid cooling inflation expectations, slumping global commodity demand, and regional weather complications. A hedge on chaos? Amid indications that the Russia-Ukraine conflict may...

Summary U.S. equity markets posted their third-straight week of declines while interest rates pushed toward post-GFC highs as Fed officials doubled down on their hawkish pivot despite another slate of soft economic data. Extending a three-week selloff that has erased much of the m...

Summary Why did markets sell off in the wake of Powell’s speech? U.S. adds 315,000 jobs in strong August showing. Where are home prices declining the most? On the latest edition of Market Week in Review, Investment Strategy Analyst BeiChen Lin and Research Ana...

Summary Traders expect the U.S. Fed to soften as Chairman Powell suggested they have reached a neutral rate with the last rate increase. Traders expect the U.S. Federal Reserve to softly pivot away from rate increases after reaching a “normal level.”. I believe t...