FRI News and Press, First Trust S&P REIT Index Fund From 05/02/23

2023-05-02 06:05:00 ET Summary Slowing consumer spending was cited as the primary reason for decelerating GDP growth in Q1, but the most depressing component was that gross private domestic investment fell 12.5%, driven by declines in business equipment and residential housing. Th...

2023-05-01 12:07:00 ET Summary Last week’s GDP report was not some kind of near miss, something that could be interpreted as negative if you just squint and employ a little confirmation bias. Real estate had another up week and continues its recovery. There are certainly so...

2023-04-30 09:00:00 ET Summary U.S. equity markets extended their rebound this week as a strong slate of earnings reports clashed with renewed concerns over financial instability and economic data that provided fodder for both bulls and bears. Closing at its highest levels since e...

2023-04-30 08:02:00 ET Summary The pandemic hurt small retailers by hastening the transition to digital commerce and emptied office buildings by turning living rooms into workspace. Although it’s tempting to lump commercial real estate together, the commercial real estate m...

2023-04-30 05:11:00 ET Summary What an end to rate hikes could mean for real estate. Why office is space in North America is facing uncertainty. Canada's growing need for apartment blocks. After a year of aggressive rate hikes, many central banks are believed...

2023-04-29 10:41:00 ET Summary Residential whole loans present insurance investors with a unique opportunity in terms of SCR charge and credit quality. Residential whole loans are high-credit-quality, senior, private mortgage loans secured by U.S. residential properties and sponso...

2023-04-28 04:00:00 ET Summary House prices experienced sharp increases in most developed economies during the last decade. Activity has remained fairly resilient in most eurozone housing markets in the face of tightening financial conditions and cooling demand. A housing bubb...

Revenue of $380 million vs. $357 million in prior year FICO (NYSE:FICO), a leading predictive analytics and decision management software company, today announced results for its second fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2023. Second Quarter Fiscal 2023 GAAP Results Net income for ...

2023-04-27 16:09:00 ET Summary Commercial real estate markets are under acute pressure amid higher interest rates and financing constraints. Prices in the public markets have tumbled, while prices in the private markets have yet to catch up. Bank lenders are constrained by limited...

As real-time payments rise, so do scams, with 70 percent of South Africans saying they have received a message they thought was a scam Customers are overwhelmingly adopting real-time digital payments like MoneyGram and banking apps, but with new payment channels comes an inevitable rise...