FRI News and Press, First Trust S&P REIT Index Fund From 04/12/23

2023-04-12 22:30:00 ET Summary Headline inflation is now running at about a 3.5-4% rate, not the 5% rate cited by most news sources today. If Owners' Equivalent Rent continues to moderate, as it almost undoubtedly will, headline inflation will all but vanish in coming months. ...

2023-04-12 13:49:00 ET Summary The rising interest rate environment was already weighing on the outlook for construction activity, but the recent stresses in the US and European banking sectors have added to fears that lenders will increasingly step back. The US looks especially v...

2023-04-12 00:08:00 ET Summary A negative US 10-year minus 3-month yield spread has signalled every incoming recession of the last 60 years. In the real world, global PC shipments were -29% year over year in the first quarter, and the average work week in March’s payroll re...

2023-04-11 05:30:00 ET Summary As long as banks have existed, banks have failed, just like other companies have failed, even the most splendid ones. Special servicing rates are a precursor for potential defaults for CRE mortgages that have been securitized into CMBS. CRE is un...

2023-04-09 09:00:00 ET Summary U.S. equity markets snapped a three-week winning streak while benchmark interest rates dipped to seven-month lows after a critical slate of employment data revealed some cracking in the long-resilient labor markets. Following its strongest weekly adv...

2023-04-06 09:40:00 ET Summary Coming out of January 2023's improvement, we had anticipated lower mortgage rates recorded in February 2023 would lead to a lower median new home's mortgage payment. After dipping to a revised 39.3% in January 2023, the mortgage payment for a median ...

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2023-04-04 05:16:00 ET Summary The way we understand the tech economy is changing dramatically. While we can’t be sure if it is or is not too soon to enter the highest-quality REIT space, we know for sure it is not too late. Near-term challenges create volatility; long-...

2023-04-04 03:05:00 ET Summary Many of last winter’s biggest worries don’t look so bad in the spring. The few big bank failures didn’t explode into a massive bank run. The solution to un-stressing the banking system is simple: the Fed has to un-invert the Trea...

2023-04-04 02:30:00 ET Summary Markets are liquidity junkies and repeatedly anticipate that central banks will pause and return to easing credit conditions. Equities historically don’t bottom until after a recession is recognized and central banks near the end of easing eff...