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Surging oil prices and hotter inflation reports reignited rate-hike concerns, sending Treasury yields to one-year highs as the Iran conflict remained stalemated despite the highly anticipated Trump-Xi summit.
U.S. equity markets advanced for a fifth straight week - their longest winning streak since 2024 - as strong earnings, resilient data, and hopes for lasting Iran peace fueled optimism. Investors looked through another oil-price surge and inflationary pressure, focusing instead on corporate resilience and economic strength despite a complex macro backdrop shaped by geopolitical and policy uncertainty. The Fed held rates steady in an unusually fractured 8-4 vote, while Powell's plan to remain on the Board broke precedent and raised politically charged succession questions.
Shares of Residential REIT ETF (BATS: HAUS - Get Free Report) fell 5.5% during mid-day trading on Wednesday. The stock traded as low as $18.1208 and last traded at $17.1940. 1,613 shares were traded during mid-day trading, a decline of 72% from the average session volume of 5,704 shares. The stock had previously closed at
Three years of persistent rate-driven pressure on the residential and commercial real estate market appears to finally be abating - and not a moment too soon. REITs were hit by a "triple whammy" of rate-related headwinds: higher borrowing costs directly squeezed profitability, eroded the relative appeal of REIT dividends, and made it near-impossible to grow accretively. Since the Fed's initial rate hike in March 2022, REITs have lagged the S&P 500 by a whopping 55 percentage points, nearly 3x the magnitude of underperformance seen in the GFC.
For income-focused investors willing to venture outside the United States, Canadian REITs offer appealing qualities as a potential portfolio diversifier alongside their larger and more established U.S. peers. Canadian REITs, on average, offer higher monthly dividend yields and trade at lower P/FFO multiples compared to their U.S. counterparts, but typically have weaker balance sheets with higher debt ratios. In this report, we take a quick look at 30 Canadian REITs and break down the industry on a sector-by-sector level. We also take a deep dive into H&R REIT.
REITs extended their winning streak into August with a +2.11% average total return and are now +6.97% thus far in 2024. Large cap (+5.27%), mid-cap (+3.51%) and small cap REITs (+0.84%) averaged gains in August. Micro caps (-3.03%), however, finished August in the red. 68.39% of REIT securities had a positive total return in August.
We have highlighted five top-performing ETFs from different sectors that were the leaders in August.
The REIT sector soared in July with an +8.33% average total return and is now in the black year to date with +3.83% thus far in 2024. Small cap (+9.91%) and mid-cap REITs (+9.77%) averaged the highest total returns in July. Micro-caps (+5.85%) and large-caps (+5.53%) were also in the black in July, albeit. 86.84% of REIT securities had a positive total return in July.