PKB News and Press, Invesco Dynamic Building & Construction From 05/18/23

2023-05-18 15:33:00 ET Summary US home sales remain subdued, thanks to elevated borrowing costs, high prices, and a lack of supply. New home sales should continue to outperform existing ones in this environment, but price risks remain skewed to the downside. Commercial real es...

2023-05-18 11:28:00 ET Summary Historically, it has been typical at the beginning of real estate downturns for listings to decline as owners try and extend loans rather than sell properties at lower prices. In the first quarter of 2023, investors purchased just $10.7 billion of of...

2023-05-17 01:40:00 ET Summary We got two big data points on May 16th on the economy and both pointed to sluggish trends in growth. Retail sales and industrial production have a strong correlation with weak economic growth and both came in unusually weak last month. Industrial...

2023-05-16 23:05:00 ET Summary The Federal Reserve’s latest 0.25% interest rate hike has likely capped one of its most aggressive policy-tightening cycles in 40 years. Core inflation, which excludes the more volatile energy and food prices, remains historically high, but ha...

2023-05-16 19:30:00 ET Summary As we noted last week on the release of the latest mortgage purchase data, housing activity appears to have finally stabilized after plummeting earlier in the tightening cycle. That improvement in housing markets is flowing through to builders as thi...

2023-05-16 02:35:00 ET Summary The current economic and investing environment remains one of the most challenging and difficult to navigate in recent times. With inflation and wage growth at current levels, we likely require a material amount of pain to be felt within the equity a...

2023-05-16 00:25:00 ET Summary Weakness in credit markets in the form of wider spreads and the primary market struggling begs the question of what is driving the recent weakness in credit markets. The answer to the question seems to be a combination of many smaller factors, includ...

2023-05-15 22:13:00 ET Summary How high interest rates are impacting the alt space. Commercial real estate remains a significant unknown risk. Why infrastructure continues to provide investment opportunities. Aggressive rate hikes by the U.S. Federal Reserve ...

2023-05-14 09:00:00 ET Summary U.S. equity markets finished lower for a second-straight week as data showing an encouraging cooldown of inflationary pressures was offset by ongoing regional bank instability and an unresolved debt ceiling standoff. Declining for a second week after...

2023-05-12 01:25:00 ET Summary Although affordability remains an obstacle, recent data offer reasons to be more constructive as broader conditions still appear supportive of home prices. Demand is down due to the shock in affordability after the sharp rise in mortgage rates in the...