SPRE News and Press, SP Funds S&P Global REIT Sharia ETF From 02/28/23

Summary Year-over-year growth in consumer debt payments since 2020 has outstripped growth in discretionary income by the most on record. Some $10 trillion of US private debt up for renewal in 2023 now faces interest costs 400 to 500 basis points higher than they have been paying. A ...

Summary The REIT sector sharply rebounded from a tough 2022 with an +11.77% total return in January 2023. Micro cap REITs (+16.16%) saw disproportionately strong gains in January, followed by double-digit returns for small caps (+11.79%), mid caps (+11.50%) and large caps (+10.07%). ...

Summary Has the heyday for office real estate passed? How a recession may impact commercial real estate. Why Asia is an outlier when it comes to returning to the office. Pandemic restrictions have mostly been lifted, but the rush to return to the office may not h...

Summary The first and easiest leg of the bursting of the bubble we called for a year ago is complete. While the most extreme froth has been wiped off the market, valuations are still nowhere near their long-term averages. For those with a longer horizon than average, I believe stock...

Summary Canada led the world in the most egregiously inflated home prices in the past few years, but New Zealand, Australia, and Sweden were other top-risk contenders. As spending retracts under the weight of debt and evaporating home equity, commodity demand and global GDP are on the c...

Summary Purchasing Managers' Index from S&P Global provides a unique insight into worldwide economic trends, allowing the analysis of business activity by detailed sector in the world's principal regions. S&P Global PMI surveys recorded a fifth month of contracting worldwide bus...

Summary We expect COVID-19 to continue its transition to a global endemic and the status quo to prevail in Russia's war in Ukraine, with no material implications for the global economy. Mild recessions are forecast in the United States and Europe, but resilience in Asia Pacific will pre...

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 Today’s high prices may well lead to tomorrow’s low prices, and tomorrow may arrive sooner than many feared. Asynchronous reopening is set to bedevil the global economy for at least another year. Broad housing market activity during much of 2022 suggests that w...

Summary Amid the crosscurrents, two themes have prevailed during the post-pandemic years, which lend some perspective to the macroeconomic roadmap ahead: namely, the bipolar swings in macro policy and the forces of economic normalization. After one of the worst years for fixed income as...