FRI News and Press, First Trust S&P REIT Index Fund From 07/19/22

The NAHB’s Housing Market Index measuring the confidence of US homebuilders experienced its second-largest decline on record behind the drop in April 2020. Homebuilder sentiment cratered 12 points month-over-month, sending the index to the lowest level since May 2020. Each ...

The US Dollar has recently shown strength. Inflation is rather high. The geopolitical situation is unstable. This article examines the present state of the American currency and possible effects on it caused by the geopolitical situation. The Dollar is still strong despite h...

IRM yields 5.25%. Management is getting closer to raising dividends, as IRM's dividend coverage keeps improving. The company guided to strong, double-digit growth in 2022. Is this a good time to be looking for Tech-related dividends? With the -28% slide in the NASDAQ so ...

U.S. equity markets finished lower on another choppy week as troubling data showing that inflationary pressures accelerated into June clashed with the expected deflationary forces of stalling global economic growth. Despite a significant late-week rally that erased most of the benchma...

Many of the companies we follow meet the highest-quality standards in terms of reliable sales growth and cash flows. The same goes for high margins, clean balance sheets, and generous shareholder returns. Of course, for all of these reasons, you may "agree" that Agree Realty is a ...

Last quarter, the Asset Allocation Committee adopted an underweight view on global equities and leaned more heavily into cash, commodities and other alternative, diversifying assets. The Committee’s views on real and alternative assets are unchanged this quarter. The Asset ...

Air is hissing out of the housing bubble faster and faster every week. According to data from the National Association of Realtors, there were 98,000 more homes listed for sale last month than one year ago. We expect the housing bubble to continue to deflate as we move through 202...

This year has been one for the record books. Inflation is at a level last seen in 1982, the S&P 500 return this year is its worst start to a year since 1970, and it is the worst start for the Dow Jones Industrial Average Index since 1962. Investors had few areas to invest in that ...

Persistently elevated rates of price increases and an intensifying Fed tightening cycle are impacting economic activity. The outlook is for continued economic growth, but risks remain elevated. The combination of record-high home prices and sharply higher mortgage rates have sent ...

Self-Storage REITs - usually known for their recession-resistant characteristics - have sold off in recent months despite a stellar slate of earnings results and upbeat interim updates. Storage REITs appear to be caught up in the bearish sentiment surrounding industrial REITs - a rath...