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LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--First Trust Global Portfolios Management Limited (“FTGPM”) announces the declaration of the quarterly distributions for the following sub-funds of First Trust Global Funds plc, ISIN Fund Name Frequency Dividend per Share IE000C75IMX8 First Trust Alerian Disruptive Technology Real Estate UCITS ETF Class B Quarterly $0.0852 (USD) IE00BF2FL590 First Trust Eurozone AlphaDEX® UCITS ETF Class B Quarterly 0.0937 (EUR) IE00BD842Y21 First Trust Global Equity Income UCITS ETF Cla.
REIT index performance can be a leading indicator for the asset class as a whole. Our latest Asset Allocation recorded a strong quarter for listed real estate, showing signs of long-awaited resurgence. REITs send encouraging signals. A deeper analysis of sectoral returns since the Great Financial Crisis reveals no clear pattern, vindicating broad sectoral exposure.
Another First Trust ETF is switching to VettaFi, bringing the total number of First Trust funds tracking the VettaFi family of indexes to six, representing more than $100 million in assets.
After back-to-back negative return months at the start of the year, REITs began the recovery process in March with a +4.93% total return.
2021 was a very strong year for REITs, which had positive total returns in 10 out of the 12 months, including December's +8.73% average return. Large cap (+49.35%) and small cap REITs (+47.34%) surged in 2021, while micro caps (+22.36%) significantly underperformed.
Across the land, there are few better inflation hedges than land itself. Timber REITs own nearly 30 million acres of land, more acreage than the smallest U.S. five states combined. Truly an "organic growth" sector, Timber REITs - which were initially slammed at the outside of the pandemic - have come roaring back to life over the last twelve months.
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%.
Give me yield or give me death. In a world of perpetually low interest rates, investors have piled into yield-oriented equity sectors to quench their voracious appetite for income.
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