USRT News and Press, iShares Core U.S. REIT From 11/18/23

2023-11-18 00:30:00 ET Summary The NAHB's Housing Market Index dropped to 34 in November and is only three points above the low from last December. The month-over-month declines across the report were historically large with the six-point drop in the headline index ranking in the ...

2023-11-16 08:05:00 ET Summary The S&P 500 has massively outperformed REITs in recent years. But we expect this outperformance to soon reverse. I explain why I expect REITs to easily beat the S&P 500 going forward. Co-produced by David Ksir The S&am...

2023-11-13 12:09:11 ET More on Real Estate: XLRE: Better Positioned Than VNQ For A REIT Recovery (Rating Upgrade) Jobs Market Cools In October, Rate Cuts On The Horizon, XLRE A Buy A Rising Interest Rate Freight Train Is Coming For The Economy REITs decline a...

2023-11-13 09:00:00 ET Summary Following the best week of the year, U.S. equity markets were mixed this week as interest rates rebounded from the prior week's plunge after Fed officials pushed back on market optimism. Posting gains in nine out of ten sessions since dipping into "c...

2023-11-11 12:00:00 ET More on REITs: REM: In The Wrong Part Of The Cycle XLRE: Better Positioned Than VNQ For A REIT Recovery (Rating Upgrade) VNQ Vs. FREL: Similar REIT Indexes, Similar Results Chart Talk: BofA says REITs are the most hated bond proxy ...

2023-11-10 00:18:00 ET Summary The Fed last hiked rates in July and since then financial and credit conditions have tightened. While concerns about the outlook for demand are a key factor limiting the desire for companies to raise prices further, a more benign cost backdrop has al...

2023-11-08 09:11:00 ET Summary The second half of the year, starting June 30th, you saw the long end of the curve start to go up as interest rates started to normalize. During periods of extreme uncertainty, you have to rely on diversification, particularly diversification to asse...

2023-11-07 20:10:00 ET Summary New home prices are trending downward. They're falling, but they are falling very slowly. The average 30-year conventional fixed-rate mortgage now has an interest rate approaching 8%. Mortgage rates have doubled since 2019. The relative affordabi...

2023-11-06 15:40:00 ET Summary The history of construction spending since 1993 reveals that this data tends to weaken prior to recessions. For a recent dip in Residential Construction attributed to the rise in mortgage rates, this indicator is charging higher. The COVID disrup...

2023-11-05 09:00:00 ET Summary U.S. equity and bond markets posted their best week of the year after employment data showed early evidence of the long-elusive cooldown in labor markets. After dipping into "correction territory" last Friday, the S&P 500 posted five straight day...