SPRE News and Press, SP Funds S&P Global REIT Sharia ETF From 10/14/23

2023-10-14 12:00:00 ET More on REITs: SRET: Narrow Focus On Dividend Yield May Lead To Poor Performance REZ: A Fund That Lost Its Focus KBWY: A Highly Speculative High Yield Play Equity REITs raise 84.7% more capital in September from last year Real e...

2023-10-11 08:20:00 ET Summary Core inflation remains elevated in several economies, especially the United States and parts of Europe. Major central banks, therefore, may need to keep interest rates higher for longer. Making debt more expensive is an intended consequence of tighte...

2023-09-06 11:30:00 ET Summary US mortgage rates (30-year fixed) jumped an extra 50 basis points this week to 7.7%, while Canadian mortgage rates are 6%-plus. Short-term rentals are attractive because they have yielded more per night than long-term leases. Real estate downturn...

2023-08-28 22:26:00 ET Summary Since many variables influence housing prices, assessing residential real estate as an asset class is a complicated endeavor. Residential real estate prices are influenced by either fundamental supply and demand imbalances or simple speculation. ...

2023-06-21 12:18:00 ET Summary We see the best opportunities in originating new loans and purchasing existing loans, adopting a broad approach to debt and targeting stressed assets in turbulent markets. In our view, investors should take advantage of opportunities in private credi...

2023-03-20 16:17:17 ET Summary The REIT sector gave up most of January’s big gains in February with a -6.18% total return. Small cap (-7.42%) and mid cap (-6.05%) REITs fell the furthest in February, with micro caps (-5.15%) and large caps (-4.74%) seeing smaller declines. ...

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...