RFI News and Press, Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund Inc. From 10/30/22

Summary U.S. equity markets extended a two-week rebound since hitting two-year lows earlier this month as a mixed slate of corporate earnings reports and lukewarm economic data revived "soft landing" hopes. Posting its strongest two-week advance since the initial COVID vaccine rol...

Summary Employment for nonresidential construction is up, for both actual building activity as well as specialty trades. Warehouses have been particularly strong thanks to increased online sales. Manufacturing construction has grown substantially in the past year, up 22%. ...

Summary Healthcare REITs have lagged over the past quarter as sharply higher labor costs, a sluggish post-COVID recovery in patient volumes, and the waning of government fiscal support have pressured operators. Hospital operators have been slammed particularly hard as elective sur...

Summary U.S. equity markets rebounded with their best weekly gains since July after a decent start to corporate earnings season eased the seemingly-relentless selling pressure even as interest rates swelled to multi-decade-highs. Rebounding from two-year-lows and gaining for just ...

Summary Real estate earnings season kicks off this week, and over the next month, we'll hear results from 175 equity REITs, 40 mortgage REITs, and dozens of housing industry companies. Slammed by the historic surge in interest rates over the past six months, REITs enter third-quar...

Summary Stocks started the week waiting with bated (baited?) breath for the inflation reports of the week. It isn’t surprising that the market is focused firmly on the rearview mirror for clues about the future since Jerome Powell has made it plain that is his plan. Sto...

Summary REITs are trading at the lowest valuation in years. Yet, few seem to be buying them due to fears of rising rates. We think that the fears are unwarranted and explain why that is. Every crisis we have is always the worst crisis we've ever had. If you have ...

Summary U.S. equity markets dipped to two-year lows on another volatile week as a disappointing slate of inflation data suggested that the potential window for an economic "soft-landing" may be narrowing. Declining in seven of the past nine weeks and finishing on the cusp of the l...

Summary Cell Tower REITs have been slammed harder than any property sector over the past three months, weighed down by tech-related weakness and disruptive threats to the long-term competitive positioning. Concerns over emerging - and potentially competing - satellite technologies...

Summary Self-Storage REITs have defied expectations to the upside as comprehensively as any real estate sector since the start of the pandemic, delivering earnings growth of over 50% since 2019. Incremental storage demand is driven by change- particularly home moving rates and hou...