FRI News and Press, First Trust S&P REIT Index Fund From 03/19/23

2023-03-19 09:00:00 ET Summary U.S. equity markets oscillated forcefully while interest rates plunged this week as contagion from a pair of mid-sized bank collapses spread to other lenders while authorities scrambled to contain the fallout. On brand with the "March Madness" theme ...

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2023-03-14 09:00:00 ET Summary Amid intensifying concerns over the potential fallout from several major tech-focused bank failures, this report examines high-level REIT fundamentals to chart the likely path forward for the real estate industry. Real estate equities have been slamm...

2023-03-14 06:20:00 ET Summary Recession indicators are concerning. Bank runs are particularly concerning. Certain companies may outperform in a recession. As negative economic and financial news piles up, there are increasing concerns about a potential upcoming rece...

2023-03-13 15:35:00 ET Summary One of the themes I’ve been discussing lately is how inflation risk has been evolving into credit risk. The banking bust we’re seeing now was sown during COVID. The COVID boom was the inevitable blow off top of the prior 10-year bull ma...

2023-03-10 07:47:00 ET Summary Aggressive Fed tightening over the past year or so has devastated the value of bond portfolios because interest rates have risen by more and faster than during any prior bond bear market. The bond market is signaling that the outlook for the economy ...

2023-03-09 16:53:00 ET Summary As US short-term rates have moved above 5 percent, longer-term Treasury bonds have rallied, causing their yields to fall. Even with lagging unemployment rates still near historic lows, households are behind on their debt payments by the most since 20...

2023-03-09 03:36:00 ET Summary In many markets, it’s now much cheaper to rent than to buy. For most potential homebuyers, the mortgage rate is well over 7%. Per the stunning plunge in the mortgage purchase applications index, the January bounce in home sales activity wi...

2023-03-08 10:37:00 ET Summary When analysing the business cycle, there are few sectors and areas within the economy of more importance and influence than the housing market. Housing is both a cyclical and interest rates sensitive market. Thus, at the heart of the housing market l...

2023-03-08 01:49:00 ET Summary On Friday, residential real estate brokerage firm Redfin released new data on home prices, showing that prices fell 0.6 percent in February, year over year. Without the central bank propping up MBS demand in the secondary market, primary-market mortg...