RORE News and Press, Hartford Multifactor REIT ETF From 11/28/19

Although they account for about 90% of the entire housing market, existing home sales are the least consequential to the economy. That's because building new homes entails a bunch of economic activity, from architects, builders, building trades contractors, landscapers in the building process,...

Yesterday's blog post focused on the strength of the consumer and the positive impact on the housing market. Also noted in that post was the consumer's improved financial position versus the end of the financial crisis and the current limited draw down of one's home equity. Then today, the U...

By Brian Phillips Black Friday is around the corner. Will US shoppers head to the mall? Or are malls out of fashion for good? The debate about the retail apocalypse is playing out in a single bond index. That index is the CMBX.6, which references 25 US commercial mortgage-backed securi...

Real Estate Weekly Outlook US equity markets finished the week modestly lower, snapping a six-week winning streak, as the on-again-off-again status of "Phase 1" of the U.S.-China trade deal continues to oscillate the major indexes. It was a jam-packed week of economic data, retail earnings...

REIT Rankings: Single-Family Rentals In our REIT Rankings series, we analyze REITs within each of the commercial and residential sectors, focusing on property-level fundamentals and the macroeconomic forces driving overall supply and demand conditions. We then analyze REITs based on both...

REIT Performance The stock market as a whole performed well in October, as it has for most of the year. The REIT sector continued its stellar 2019 performance with yet another positive monthly return (+2.11%). This brings the average equity REIT to an impressive return of 29.79% over the f...

REIT Rankings: Mall REITs In our REIT Rankings series, we analyze REITs within each of the commercial and residential sectors, focusing on property-level fundamentals and the macroeconomic forces driving overall supply and demand conditions. We then analyze REITs based on both common and...

REIT Rankings: Data Centers In our REIT Rankings series, we analyze REITs within each of the commercial and residential sectors, focusing on property-level fundamentals and the macroeconomic forces driving overall supply and demand conditions. We then analyze REITs based on both common a...

REIT Rankings: Apartments In our REIT Rankings series, we analyze REITs within each of the commercial and residential sectors, focusing on property-level fundamentals and the macroeconomic forces driving overall supply and demand conditions. We then analyze REITs based on both common and...

Speculative frenzies are all very well As long as we know we're in such a speculative frenzy, they're great fun and easy to make money in. Invest in whatever that speculation is and make sure, certain, that we're out before the bubble pops. The problem of course is that pop and cleaning up t...