RDOG News and Press, ALPS ETF Trust REIT Dividend Dogs From 03/22/23

2023-03-22 02:50:00 ET Summary Both the leading indicators of growth and liquidity continue to suggest growth will slow as 2023 progresses. The housing market and the inventory cycle in particular are still material headwinds to growth, while we are still unlikely to have fully fe...

2023-03-21 23:25:00 ET Summary The median price of all types of homes sold in February, at $363,000, was down 0.2% from February 2022, according to the National Association of Realtors today. The median price of single-family houses fell 0.7% year-over-year, but condo prices were ...

2023-03-21 10:44:00 ET Summary The housing market continues to experience volatility as rates fluctuate and home prices decelerate. Housing activity slowed in 2022 as home prices increased and mortgage rates doubled. This one-two punch caused affordability to worsen to levels not ...

2023-03-20 16:17:17 ET Summary The REIT sector gave up most of January’s big gains in February with a -6.18% total return. Small cap (-7.42%) and mid cap (-6.05%) REITs fell the furthest in February, with micro caps (-5.15%) and large caps (-4.74%) seeing smaller declines. ...

2023-03-19 09:00:00 ET Summary U.S. equity markets oscillated forcefully while interest rates plunged this week as contagion from a pair of mid-sized bank collapses spread to other lenders while authorities scrambled to contain the fallout. On brand with the "March Madness" theme ...

2023-03-14 06:20:00 ET Summary Recession indicators are concerning. Bank runs are particularly concerning. Certain companies may outperform in a recession. As negative economic and financial news piles up, there are increasing concerns about a potential upcoming rece...

2023-03-13 15:35:00 ET Summary One of the themes I’ve been discussing lately is how inflation risk has been evolving into credit risk. The banking bust we’re seeing now was sown during COVID. The COVID boom was the inevitable blow off top of the prior 10-year bull ma...

2023-03-10 07:47:00 ET Summary Aggressive Fed tightening over the past year or so has devastated the value of bond portfolios because interest rates have risen by more and faster than during any prior bond bear market. The bond market is signaling that the outlook for the economy ...

2023-03-09 16:53:00 ET Summary As US short-term rates have moved above 5 percent, longer-term Treasury bonds have rallied, causing their yields to fall. Even with lagging unemployment rates still near historic lows, households are behind on their debt payments by the most since 20...

2023-03-09 03:36:00 ET Summary In many markets, it’s now much cheaper to rent than to buy. For most potential homebuyers, the mortgage rate is well over 7%. Per the stunning plunge in the mortgage purchase applications index, the January bounce in home sales activity wi...