RFI News and Press, Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund Inc. From 03/06/22

U.S. equity markets finished lower on another turbulent week as the Russian invasion of Ukraine triggered a historic surge in commodities prices and sparked a bid for safe-haven domestic assets. Now having declined in six of the nine weeks of 2022, the S&P 500 declined 1.3%, back ...

Warren Buffett does not invest in rental properties. Instead, he invests in REITs that are publicly listed. We review his largest REIT investment to highlight why Buffett favors REITs over rentals. For further details see: Why Warren Buffett Doesn't Buy Rental Properties...

Data Center REITs - a perennial performance leader in the REIT sector - are in "bear market" territory for the third time this decade as technology stocks have lost their luster this year. Data center demand and fundamentals remain resilient and were remarkably unaffected by the pande...

Sentiment is the worst since the pandemic lows among real estate investors. Global REITs have suffered – first from rising rates, now from geopolitical fears. The S&P Real Estate sector is the second-worst performer so far this year. Only Allocations are somewhat light ...

As the world reels from the crisis, the blowback is rippling across the world economy and markets. The current risk premia analysis implicitly recommends managing expectations down for GMI and other global multi-asset-class portfolios. The mean reversion factor is estimated as the...

Nearly 200 REITs have reported earnings results over the past five weeks, providing critical information on the state of the real estate industry amid the extreme volatility in early 2022. Results were generally better-than-expected with roughly 90% of equity REITs beating consensus F...

U.S. equity markets finished higher on a turbulent week after Russia launched a full-scale military incursion into neighboring Ukraine as investors weighed the potential destabilizing geopolitical fallout and the monetary policy response. Ending the week with a two-day rebound to clim...

Signs of Life: Mall REITs were the best-performing REIT sector in 2022 - nearly doubling in value amid hopeful signs of stabilizing fundamentals - snapping a dreadful six-year-long streak of underperformance. Last Man Standing? The lower-end mall segment was hollowed out by the pandem...

Rents are soaring at the fastest pace on record in essentially every major market across the country. After rising nearly-20% in 2021, renters should prepare for double-digit growth again in 2022. Riding the rental boom, Apartment REITs continue to report stellar earnings results, end...

Real estate and REITs are some of my favorite places to invest; REITs typically generate reliable and steady cash flows. Not all real estate closed-end funds are created equal; a combination of several in the space would make sense for your portfolio. There isn't an extensive list...