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The pandemic hit the construction sector hard. Spending dropped across both residential and non-residential construction, with employment plunging in the sector as a whole. However, plunging borrowing costs and the prospect of working from home stimulated a subsequent housing boom tha...

VICI Properties is the new King of Vegas following a blockbuster $17B acquisition of fellow casino REIT MGM Growth Properties, combining to form one of the world's largest real estate owners. The mega-merger will give the combined firm a dominant competitive position in the critical L...

U.S. equity markets advanced to fresh record-highs this week as dovish Fed commentary, strong housing data, and signs of a COVID apex offset geopolitical concerns following a deadly attack in Afghanistan. Capping off the week with its 52nd record closing high - the most in a sing...

In any economic downturn, there will be some companies, some organizations that have not survived the pandemic terribly well, and they will need to give back space. So, we might see vacancy space coming to the market from an economic perspective almost regardless of what happens from ...

Growth-oriented asset classes are likely to shine, but not equally. Above-trend growth is a supportive environment of risky assets like equities or credit. On valuation grounds, equities are looking a little cheaper. Geraldine Sundstrom and Erin Browne discuss PIMCO’s views...

Unlike the GFC, when the collapse in the sub-prime RMBS market became the epicenter of the crisis, RMBS has survived largely unscathed during COVID, after an initial wobble. FTSE Russell now considers whether after dodging a post-COVID housing crash, this has become "the US Housing bo...

The major asset classes delivered across-the-board gains for a second month in a row in May. Everything apart from cash was up last month, led by a sizzling rally in foreign inflation-linked government bonds. The FTSE Russell World Inflation Index ex-US surged 4.0% last month, the...

The case for global real estate. The global market impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on real estate. Top holdings in global real estate. For further details see: Riding Out Market Bumps: Diversification Through Global Real Estate

Rental properties are commonly pictured to be the best investments you can make. We think that most rental investors overestimate returns and underestimate the risk involved. I explain why individual investors should stick to stocks and REITs and forget about rentals. For fu...

With the exception of broadly defined commodities and US and foreign property shares, global markets posted solid gains last year. US stocks were the top 2020 performers, with the Russell 3000 Index surging 20.9% last year. US REITs saw the deepest loss for the major asset classes...