FRI News and Press, First Trust S&P REIT Index Fund From 05/14/24

2024-05-14 08:15:00 ET Summary Why market performance and sentiment are diverging. The growing gap between hard economic data and soft data. Why you may be losing money if you're not in the markets. The U.S. economy continues to show its resilience, but that ...

2024-05-12 09:00:00 ET Summary U.S. equity markets advanced for a third straight week as investors weighed solid corporate earnings results and moderately dovish Fed commentary against surprisingly downbeat economic data. The S&P 500 rallied 1.9% on the week to bring the bench...

2024-05-11 12:00:40 ET More on Real Estate: Fed's Michelle Bowman is keeping an eye on CRE risk in banking system New York Fed's John Williams will base rate cuts on 'totality' of data 19 REITs estimated to increase dividend in Q2, says report Real estate sto...

2024-05-10 15:00:00 ET Summary Areas of the market that look attractive on a valuation basis. Sectors in US market that could provide opportunities. The outlook for real economy stocks. ... Read the full article on Seeking Alpha For further details se...

2024-05-10 08:35:00 ET Summary The apartment sector continues to experience deterioration in market fundamentals, primarily due to oversupply in Sunbelt metros. Demand has remained largely positive, but is not strong enough to offset record deliveries. Liquidity remains constr...

2024-05-08 11:00:00 ET Summary Housing is among the most interest rate-sensitive sectors of the economy and also one of the most cyclical and crucial inputs for the business cycle. Housing prices are once more looking resilient after the Federal Reserve’s most aggressive ti...

2024-05-08 10:30:00 ET Summary New homes in the U.S. became less affordable in March 2024. The mortgage payment on a new home sold in March 2024 would consume 43.4% of the monthly income earned by an American household at the exact middle of the income spectrum in the United State...

2024-05-07 15:18:00 ET Summary US housing has weathered surging mortgage rates. Thin inventory and pent-up demand could create opportunity. We expect increased future demand from millennials and first-time homebuyers. By Charlie Choi & Samuel Wilamowsky U...

2024-05-07 13:45:00 ET Summary March 2024 was a good month for new home builders in the U.S. The market cap trend for new homes has been fading after having most recently peaked at approximately $28.46 billion in October 2023. Downward trends for the new home market's underlyi...

2024-05-05 09:00:00 ET Summary U.S. equity markets advanced for a second week while benchmark interest rates retreated from five-month highs after a critical slate of employment data showed a long-awaited cooldown in hiring trends. Foreshadowed by "dovish" remarks from Fed Chair P...