FRI News and Press, First Trust S&P REIT Index Fund From 11/16/23

FICO® Scores are dynamic as they interpret and summarize evolving consumer behaviour captured in credit bureau files Highlights: 90 per cent of top Canadian lenders and credit unions use FICO® Scores. The average FICO® Score of Canadian borrowers remained steady...

2023-11-13 12:09:11 ET More on Real Estate: XLRE: Better Positioned Than VNQ For A REIT Recovery (Rating Upgrade) Jobs Market Cools In October, Rate Cuts On The Horizon, XLRE A Buy A Rising Interest Rate Freight Train Is Coming For The Economy REITs decline a...

2023-11-13 09:00:00 ET Summary Following the best week of the year, U.S. equity markets were mixed this week as interest rates rebounded from the prior week's plunge after Fed officials pushed back on market optimism. Posting gains in nine out of ten sessions since dipping into "c...

2023-11-11 12:00:00 ET More on REITs: REM: In The Wrong Part Of The Cycle XLRE: Better Positioned Than VNQ For A REIT Recovery (Rating Upgrade) VNQ Vs. FREL: Similar REIT Indexes, Similar Results Chart Talk: BofA says REITs are the most hated bond proxy ...

2023-11-10 00:18:00 ET Summary The Fed last hiked rates in July and since then financial and credit conditions have tightened. While concerns about the outlook for demand are a key factor limiting the desire for companies to raise prices further, a more benign cost backdrop has al...

FICO (NYSE:FICO), a leading predictive analytics and decision management software company, today announced Steve Weber, Chief Financial Officer, will present at the RBC Capital Markets Global Technology, Internet, Media and Telecommunications Conference on Wednesday, November 15 th at 10:40am...

Revenue of $390 million vs. $349 million in prior year FICO (NYSE:FICO), a leading predictive analytics and decision management software company, today announced results for its fourth fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2023. Fourth Quarter Fiscal 2023 GAAP Results Net income ...

2023-11-08 09:11:00 ET Summary The second half of the year, starting June 30th, you saw the long end of the curve start to go up as interest rates started to normalize. During periods of extreme uncertainty, you have to rely on diversification, particularly diversification to asse...

2023-11-07 20:10:00 ET Summary New home prices are trending downward. They're falling, but they are falling very slowly. The average 30-year conventional fixed-rate mortgage now has an interest rate approaching 8%. Mortgage rates have doubled since 2019. The relative affordabi...

2023-11-06 15:40:00 ET Summary The history of construction spending since 1993 reveals that this data tends to weaken prior to recessions. For a recent dip in Residential Construction attributed to the rise in mortgage rates, this indicator is charging higher. The COVID disrup...