FRI News and Press, First Trust S&P REIT Index Fund From 05/20/24

34% of Indians are most concerned about being tricked into making payment to a criminal (NYSE: FICO) Highlights Payment Fraud is the top financial crime concern for 34% of Indians Identity theft worries persist, with 37% believing they have or might have been victi...

32% of Malaysians are most concerned about being tricked into making payment to a criminal (NYSE: FICO) Highlights Payment Fraud is top financial crime concern for 32% of Malaysians Identity theft worries persist, with 37% believing they have or might have been vic...

PRMG Will Use FICO’s Most Predictive and Innovative Score to Enhance Its Lending Technology and Borrower Experience FICO, a leading analytics software firm, has announced that Paramount Residential Mortgage Group, Inc. (PRMG), a modern multi-channel mortgage lender, has adopted F...

2024-05-20 03:59:12 ET Summary With a -4.27% average total return in April, REITs have now seen declines in 3 of the first 4 months of 2024. Micro caps (-2.71%) and small caps (-2.87%) averaged low single digit declines in April, while mid-caps (-5.36%) and large caps (-5.99%) per...

2024-05-20 02:53:00 ET Summary The US economy grew 3.1% last year, trouncing widespread calls for a recession and exceeding my relatively sober expectation for 2% growth. The correct way to view the interplay between growth and inflation is to first understand that high inflation ...

2024-05-19 09:00:00 ET Summary U.S. equity markets climbed to fresh record highs, while benchmark interest rates dipped to one-month lows after a critical slate of inflation and retail sales data showed an unexpected cooldown. Reflecting the mounting quantity of downside economic ...

2024-05-18 12:00:35 ET Flip Side 0.18% unchanged shelter index said in a recent note persistent housing inflation More on Real Estate: CPI in charts: Consumer price growth slows in April Jerome Powell reiterates wait-and-see approach to Fed's monetary...

2024-05-16 08:00:00 ET Summary Managers are increasingly focusing on sectors beyond tech that could benefit from the rise in AI in the short term. These include healthcare and consumer companies, which also have more attractive valuations. Globally, managers anticipate an increase...

2024-05-16 07:47:10 ET More on Real Estate: XLRE: Quality Beats Quantity Once Again XLRE: Could You Do Better? REITs cut capital raising activities by more than half in April, says report Short interest in real estate stocks decline in April as sector deliver...

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 ...