FRI News and Press, First Trust S&P REIT Index Fund From 12/06/23

2023-12-06 10:30:00 ET Summary October 2023 saw mortgage rates spike along with the yields of U.S. Treasuries to their highest levels in years. The good news is that the October 2023 spike in long-term U.S. Treasuries has dissipated and, along with it, the spike in 30-year mortgag...

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2023-12-05 15:49:51 ET Alternatively, the gaming and industrial REIT sectors finished the quarter at the lowest median implied capitalization rates, at 1.89% and 4.73%, respectively. The data center sector followed next, at 5.35%. Here is a look at the Q3 cap rates for the REIT subsecto...

2023-12-05 00:10:00 ET Summary October’s numbers did not look good, but November picked up momentum and December may be better, so fourth-quarter GDP may come in better than first feared. Two big international energy-related meetings opened last Thursday – a delayed ...

2023-12-04 06:00:00 ET Summary The supply-demand imbalance is likely to continue supporting further home price appreciation and rental inflation. Homeowners are enjoying both strong price gains and home loans financed at negative real rates. The U.S. housing supply-demand imba...

2023-12-03 09:00:00 ET Summary U.S. equity markets notched a fifth-straight week of gains as benchmark interest rates continued a decisive retreat after economic data and comments from Fed officials fueled bets on a pending pivot. Advancing for a fifth-straight week since dipping ...

2023-11-29 07:45:00 ET Summary Political Calculations' initial estimate of the nominal market capitalization of new homes sold during October 2023 is $29.25 billion. The data for October 2023 is also the first to break what had been a series of consistently rising monthly values f...

2023-11-28 18:50:00 ET Summary The latest S&P CoreLogic Case Shiller home price data for September was released today and showed a 0.3% month-over-month (m/m) increase in home prices at the national level. Fifteen of twenty cities saw prices rise m/m, with Detroit, New York, a...

2023-11-28 15:49:27 ET Summary REITs averaged a -5.31% total return in October and have now fallen to a double-digit negative total return year to date (-10.46%). Large cap REITs (-2.24%) outperformed their smaller peers in October. Micro caps (-11.32%) extended their streak of se...

2023-11-28 11:20:00 ET Summary Banks are retrenching amid liquidity constraints, regulatory scrutiny, and higher cost structures. In the wake of a bank retreat, demand for capital has outstripped supply, reducing competition in many markets and creating new opportunities and a pot...