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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.
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B) may sell its 27.5% stake in Kraft Heinz (KHC), per a new regulatory filing. Trump signed an executive order restricting institutional investors from purchasing single-family homes, aiming to boost affordability.
Hoya Capital Housing ETF (NYSEARCA:HOMZ - Get Free Report) traded down 0.8% during trading on Tuesday. The company traded as low as $46.01 and last traded at $46.03. 960 shares changed hands during trading, a decline of 64% from the average session volume of 2,674 shares. The stock had previously closed at $46.42. Hoya
REITs have underperformed since 2022 rate hikes, but Hoya Capital's David Auerbach says fundamentals are strong, especially among small and mid-cap names offering attractive yields. Interest rate sensitivity in REITs is often overstated.
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.
RH RH stock jumped 18.5% in the past month, outperforming the Hoya Capital Housing ETF (HOMZ) index, as evidenced by the chart below. HOMZ is an exchange-traded fund that offers a diversified glimpse of the U.S. residential housing industry through 100 companies across homebuilding, rental operators, home improvement, furnishings, mortgage services and real estate tech, to name a few.
Builder confidence just hit an 18-month low, raising red flags for ITB, XHB, PKB and HOMZ amid housing market strain.