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U.S. equity markets retreated on another turbulent week as investors backed away from speculative assets amid signs that supply shortages and surging prices have started to impair aggregate demand. Bitcoin plunged after U.S. and Chinese authorities each pushed ahead with increased reg...
Despite reporting record-low occupancy rates and rental rate spreads, mall REITs have been the best-performing property sector this year, riding the vaccine-driven reopening rotation to gains of more than 40%. "A traumatic time for our company." Reflecting on an epic plunge ...
Reignited by the red-hot U.S. housing market, timber REITs and lumber producers have "caught fire" since mid-2020 as lumber prices have soared to record highs amid a historic supply shortage. Caught flat-footed by the velocity of the rebound in lumber demand from homebuilding and remo...
Overshadowed by concerns about rising inflation, a frenzy of real estate earnings reports over the last month has provided critical information on the state of the real estate industry. Results were better than expected across most major property sectors with roughly 80% of the 170 eq...
Data Center REITs - in synchrony with the broader technology sector - have woefully underperformed their more cyclical and value-oriented counterparts since late 2020 amid an ongoing "Reopening Rotation." Fundamentals were remarkably unaffected by the pandemic, but that's precisely th...
One of the best-performing REIT sectors since the start of the pandemic, Casino REITs have proven to be surprisingly resilient despite the intense struggles faced by the broader leisure industry. Sold-Out Vegas: Earnings reports from Casino REITs and operators painted a particularly b...
We're now at the halfway point of another newsworthy REIT earnings season. The major themes this quarter have been "Beat and Boost" and the revival of long-dormant "Animal Spirits." Nearly 90% of REITs have topped consensus earnings estimates. Of the 57 REITs and homebuilders tha...
The U.S. equity market rally stalled this past week as intensifying COVID issues in India and domestic inflationary concerns offset a stellar slate of corporate earnings reports and economic data. The S&P 500 edged out gains of 0.1% - notching gains in five of the past six weeks -...
As well as financing escalating government deficits, central banks face an additional problem of replacing contracting bank credit to the non-financial private sector if a slump is to be avoided. Banks are already reducing their credit allocations to the non-financial private sector. ...
With greater clarity on the sustainability of the economic recovery, we also saw the opportunity set across markets broaden to include sectors beyond those seen as the primary beneficiaries of an economic reopening. As expected, the recovery hasn't been smooth sailing for all, with su...