FRI News and Press, First Trust S&P REIT Index Fund From 06/26/22

U.S. equity markets rebounded this week - just the second positive week in the past twelve - as interest rates moderated on further signs of softening global growth while resilient housing data calmed market jitters. Rebounding from its worst week since the depths of the pandemic, the...

With rate now rising, has the easy money in real estate already been made? How real estate may become the haves and have-nots for investors. The tale of two outlooks when it comes to retail real estate. For further details see: Rising Interest Rates Are Cooling Real Esta...

Federal Reserve wants to hit the brakes, a 180-degree reversal from the recent two-year effort to turbo-stimulate the U.S. economy. USD's strength since early last year has defied a widening trade deficit, historic negative real interest rates, and growing anxiety that weaponizing the...

Sales of new single-family homes rose in May, rising 10.7 percent to 696,000 at a seasonally-adjusted annual rate from a 629,000 pace in April. The median sales price of a new single-family home was $449,000, down from $454,700 in May (not seasonally adjusted). Total inventory of ...

First Trust S&P REIT Index Fund (FRI) - $0.1391. 30-Day SEC Yield of 2.89% as of May. 31. Payable Jun 30; for shareholders of record Jun 27; ex-div Jun 24. For further details see: First Trust S&P REIT Index Fund declares quarterly distribution of $0.1391

Growth is slowing, but it’s slowing to trend at this point. So not to zero, not to negative, but something like the trend that we’ve experienced over the last couple of decades. So, if you’re looking for a great way to play inflation, look to the small cap asset c...

Rising interest rates have already started impacting housing prices in some developed market economies. In a flip from the 2008 playbook, the U.S. housing market appears to be the most insulated, while other developed markets exhibit more risk. As interest rates in developed marke...

In a more fractured world, we believe governments and corporate decision-makers will increasingly focus on searching for safety and building resilience. Looking forward, rather than reaching for yield, we believe that investors will be reaching for resilience in their portfolio constr...

Existing home sales tumbled to a two-year low in May. Sales fell to a seasonally adjusted 5.41 million units, according to the latest data from the National Association of Realtors. According to the NAR, it would take 2.6 months to exhaust the current housing inventory. That’s ...

The University of Michigan’s consumer sentiment index's preliminary estimate for June plunged to a record low. The good news from all this bad news is that “contrarian theory” says that when sentiment reaches such historic lows, the only way it can go is up. T...