RFI News and Press, Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund Inc. From 01/14/23

Summary Presenting our 2022 year-end review of our 8% Income Portfolio. This high-income portfolio earned over $29,000 in distributions (including year-end special distributions) amounting to over 14% yield-on-cost basis. The portfolio had a loss of -12.5% in 2022, compared to -18.2...

Summary Flying under-the-radar amid recession concerns and the looming shadow cast by their persistently-troubled mall peers, the outlook for Strip Center REITs has improved considerably over the past year. The combination of near-zero new development and positive net absorption since e...

Summary Closed-end funds are great income investments thanks to tax laws and tradition. Being required to pay out most of their taxable gains explains a lot about how CEFs act. CEFs can be great income investments. Co-produced with Beyond Saving. Introduction W...

Summary Arguably one of the greatest frustrations for investors over the past year of rampant inflation was the dismal performance of real assets regarded as inflation hedges and their positive correlations to the returns of nominal assets, such as conventional government bonds. Even th...

Summary Manufactured Housing REITs snapped an incredible streak of nine straight years of outperformance over the REIT Index in 2022, impacted by headwinds from higher interest rates and hurricane-related disruptions. Despite their REIT-leading growth rates, Manufactured Housing ("MH") ...

Summary U.S. equity markets rallied on the first week of the year after employment data showed strong job growth alongside a cool down in wage pressures, reviving hopes of a 'soft landing'. After posting declines of nearly 20% in 2022, the S&P 500 advanced 1.5% on the week- snapping...

Summary Inflation and corresponding central banking policies will be the two most important signals for investors to focus on. Three scenarios for the global economy: Rolling recessions, hard landing, or immaculate disinflation. As we enter 2023, commercial real estate will experien...

Summary Global central banks have raised interest rates to grapple with reemergent inflation, causing bond and equity valuations to decline in synchrony. An investor can gain exposure to real estate through publicly traded REIT products or via open-end or closed-end private equity funds...

Summary Although the change in public REIT equity prices over the past 12 months would not suggest it, 2022 actually saw earnings growth arrive above our initial expectations. We forecast total returns for REITs in 2023 to be between +8% to +12%. Longer term, we maintain our outlook...

Summary The market crashed because the high inflation forced the Fed to hike rates. But now inflation is coming back down, and a pivot is coming. If you are still sitting in cash, take this as a serious warning. It appears that the period of high inflation is finally comin...