OLD News and Press, The Long-Term Care ETF From 01/31/21

U.S. equity markets posted their worst week since October amid an ongoing "short squeeze saga" that raised questions regarding market stability, overshadowing a strong week of earnings reports and economic data. Impacted by the fallout from the ongoing battle between institutiona...

U.S. equity markets climbed to fresh record-highs this past week amid relief over a peaceful transfer of political power and on economic data showing continued momentum behind the critical U.S. housing sector. Corporate earnings season is also off to a strong start, lifting the&#...

U.S. equity markets finished mostly lower this past week as partisan tensions raged on while economic data and corporate earnings reports indicated that the U.S. economy stumbled into the start of 2021. The S&P 500 retreated 1.5% while the tech-heavy Nasdaq dipped more than 2% ami...

Healthcare REITs - particularly senior housing and long-term care facilities - have been "ground zero" of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic as the illness has devastated the world's elderly populations. While the initial roll-out has been slow, the successful approval of coronavirus va...

U.S. equity markets finished an unforgettable 2020 at record highs despite the unprecedented ongoing global pandemic, rallying back from a historic market sell-off that pushed financial markets to the absolute brink. Finishing the year with returns of 17.6%, the S&P 500 finis...

The concept of a "demographic dividend" is well-established in academic research. But the flip side of a demographic dividend is what the United States and virtually all other developed nations are beginning to experience. Unfortunately, COVID-19 probably made the situation worse ...

All four major U.S. equity indexes closed this past week at fresh record highs on signs of progress on stalled stimulus talks and the first regulatory approval of a coronavirus vaccine. Having now rebounded by over 65% from its pandemic lows, the S&P 500 rallied another 1.7% this ...

The Great Financial Crisis of the prior decade resulted in long-term lingering pain for the commercial real estate sector. For REITs, "this time has been different," both for better and worse. The pandemic has resulted in a sharp plunge in property-level metrics that dwarfs that ...

Senior housing operators have experienced significant losses this year due to COVID-19 as well as the corresponding recession. Operating expenses have also risen, as precautions must be taken to protect this real estate sector's vulnerable residents. However, there is a light at t...

Real Estate ETF and CEF Spotlight Exchange-Traded Funds ("ETFs") are an excellent option for investors seeking low-cost, liquid, and diversified exposure to real estate. Closed-End Funds ("CEFs"), a fund structure that shares some similarities but also some critical differences from ETFs, ...