FRI News and Press, First Trust S&P REIT Index Fund From 05/21/23

2023-05-21 09:00:00 ET Summary U.S. equity markets climbed to nine-month highs this week as investors weighed signs of progress on debt-ceiling negotiations and solid economic data against a continued drumbeat of hawkish Fed commentary. Snapping a two-week losing streak and climbi...

2023-05-19 09:00:00 ET Summary The new pariah of the commercial real estate sector, Office REITs, have remained in free-fall in recent months, plunging another 30% this year following a plunge of nearly 40% last year. Just how bad is it? The surge in interest rates has turned a we...

Pioneer of peer-to-peer lending marketplace in the United States wins FICO® Decisions Award for Financial Inclusion Highlights: Prosper used FICO® Scores for the new Prosper® Card to extend credit services to over 200,000 near-prime customers to proactively manage c...

2023-05-18 15:33:00 ET Summary US home sales remain subdued, thanks to elevated borrowing costs, high prices, and a lack of supply. New home sales should continue to outperform existing ones in this environment, but price risks remain skewed to the downside. Commercial real es...

2023-05-18 11:28:00 ET Summary Historically, it has been typical at the beginning of real estate downturns for listings to decline as owners try and extend loans rather than sell properties at lower prices. In the first quarter of 2023, investors purchased just $10.7 billion of of...

Highlight: FICO® Platform was named among top AI decisioning platforms in “The Forrester Wave™: AI Decisioning Platforms, Q2 2023” report. FICO World 23 – NYSE: FICO: Global analytics software firm, FICO, announced today that its indu...

FICO requests that their press release NewsItemId: 20230517005660 issued May 17, 2023 “FICO Repeats Leader Status in 2023 Forrester AI Decisioning Platforms Wave” be killed. The release was issued in error by FICO. A replacement release will be issued later today. Ju...

New agreement to bring AI-powered decision automation and optimization to financial services, healthcare, retail, manufacturing and travel/transportation Teradata (NYSE: TDC ) and FICO, the analytics software provider (NYSE: FICO), today announced they plan to bring to market in...

Brazilian fintech platform wins FICO ® Decisions Award for Fraud Management FICO World 23 – FICO (NYSE: FICO): Highlights: Dock is using FICO fraud prevention technologies to protect 250 companies Dock is analyzing 5 billion transactions a year ...

FICO Platform remains the only solution to earn “leader” status in every Forrester Wave decisioning platform report since 2018 Highlights: FICO® Platform was again named one of the industry’s top decisioning platforms in “The Forrester Wave™...