FRI News and Press, First Trust S&P REIT Index Fund From 08/25/23

2023-08-25 00:20:00 ET Summary Declining commercial real estate valuations will not likely lead to a wave of defaults among muni issuers. We do not currently expect declining CRE valuations will lead to a wave of defaults among muni issuers, and we still believe in the sector ...

2023-08-24 20:55:00 ET Summary The new era of “higher for much longer.” The 40-year bond & mortgage bull market died in late 2020. Today, Freddie Mac’s weekly measure of the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate hit a two-decade high of 7.23%. In terms o...

Global analytics software firm FICO (NYSE: FICO) today announced that Tayloe Stansbury has joined its Board of Directors. Stansbury’s appointment to the Board is effective August 22, 2023. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswir...

2023-08-24 08:00:00 ET Summary The available supply of existing homes has plummeted, while U.S. mortgage rates have risen and demand has remained relatively high. Existing homeowners, many of which financed their houses at very low mortgage rates in recent years, have become "trap...

2023-08-24 02:45:00 ET Summary As an active investment manager, we are constantly monitoring and re-evaluating our holdings to make sure that they continue to track our investment strategies. The technology sector has been dominating this year, in fact it was the driver behind the...

2023-08-22 15:24:00 ET Summary Today’s home affordability is the lowest on record, thanks to elevated prices and the highest mortgage rates in 23 years. The combination of sky-high prices and historically average interest rates puts the median Canadian home price some 32% a...

2023-08-22 05:30:00 ET Summary Chairman Powell keeps reassuring us that the Fed is "data-dependent," but what do they do if some data is unclear or even flawed? There is a conflict between the ADP jobs data and the Labor Department's "seasonally adjusted" jobs data. In recent mont...

2023-08-21 11:15:00 ET Summary Stocks are now down from their late July peak by about 5%. This pullback/correction, like the bear market last year, was driven by higher rates, specifically real rates. An accelerating economy and rising earnings sound like good news because tha...

2023-08-20 09:00:00 ET Summary U.S. equity markets slumped for a third-straight week on concern over the implications of a "higher-for-longer" interest rate environment as resilient economic data provided fresh support for hawkish Fed posturing. Closing below its 50-day moving ave...

2023-08-19 12:00:12 ET REITs declined in the week ended Aug. 18 as rate hike concerns weighed on sentiments. All voting members of the Federal Open Market Committee voted to raise the policy rate by 25 basis points at the July 25-26 meeting, according to the minutes of the FOMC's Ju...