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Homebuilder Confidence Back Up
Wall Street Strategies • Wed, May 15
New Ways To Profit In Today's Real Estate Market
Martin Vlcek • Wed, May 8 • 6 Comments
CoreLogic: Housing Is Booming Again
Cullen Roche • Tue, May 7 • 1 Comment
4 Housing Recovery Investment Trends
Dodd Kittsley • Thu, Apr 11 • 1 Comment
Housing Bubble II?
Russ Koesterich • Wed, Apr 10 • 7 Comments
Housing's Bullish Supply-Demand Squeeze
James Picerno • Thu, Mar 21 • 1 Comment
NAHB Sentiment Indicator Disappoints Again
Bespoke Investment Group • Tue, Mar 19
Housing Starts: February 2013 Preview
James Picerno • Mon, Mar 18
Low-Cost Funds Dupe Investors
David Trainer • Wed, Mar 13 • 50 Comments
Housing Starts Fell In January As Permits Increased
James Picerno • Wed, Feb 20 • 1 Comment
Best And Worst ETFs And Mutual Funds: Financials Sector
David Trainer • Mon, Feb 18 • 2 Comments
Why Malls Are Getting Mauled
Jeff Jordan • Mon, Dec 24, 2012 • 20 Comments
Best And Worst ETFs And Mutual Funds: Financials Sector
David Trainer • Thu, Nov 1, 2012
REIT ETFs Attract Income Hunters
Tom Lydon • Tue, Sep 25, 2012 • 1 Comment
REITs: Investment Options For A Low-Growth, Low-Interest Rate Environment
TopYields • Mon, Aug 13, 2012 • 1 Comment
Real Estate, Especially Commercial Real Estate, Still A Major Problem
John M. Mason • Fri, Jul 6, 2012 • 4 Comments
REITs Register Another Month Of Outperformance In April
Michael Terry • Thu, May 3, 2012 • 13 Comments
ETF Spotlight: Real Estate Investment Trusts
Tom Lydon • Fri, Apr 27, 2012 • 1 Comment
S&P's Retail REIT ETF Pick
Tom Lydon • Fri, Mar 23, 2012
The Most Dangerous ETFs For March
David Trainer • Tue, Mar 13, 2012

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Why Malls Are Getting Mauled
Jeff Jordan • Mon, Dec 24, 2012 • 20 Comments
REITs Register Another Month Of Outperformance In April
Michael Terry • Thu, May 3, 2012 • 13 Comments
S&P's Retail REIT ETF Pick
Tom Lydon • Fri, Mar 23, 2012
How Much Longer Can REIT ETFs Play Leader?
Gary Gordon • Fri, May 14, 2010 • 2 Comments
Retail Sales Recovery: V-Shaped but Sub-Par
Calafia Beach Pundit • Fri, Feb 12, 2010 • 4 Comments
Retail Sales: Easy Gains Don't Always Translate Into Long-Term Growth
James Picerno • Fri, Feb 12, 2010

Homebuilder Confidence Back Up
Wall Street Strategies • Wed, May 15
New Ways To Profit In Today's Real Estate Market
Martin Vlcek • Wed, May 8 • 6 Comments
CoreLogic: Housing Is Booming Again
Cullen Roche • Tue, May 7 • 1 Comment
4 Housing Recovery Investment Trends
Dodd Kittsley • Thu, Apr 11 • 1 Comment
Housing Bubble II?
Russ Koesterich • Wed, Apr 10 • 7 Comments
Housing's Bullish Supply-Demand Squeeze
James Picerno • Thu, Mar 21 • 1 Comment
NAHB Sentiment Indicator Disappoints Again
Bespoke Investment Group • Tue, Mar 19
Housing Starts: February 2013 Preview
James Picerno • Mon, Mar 18
Low-Cost Funds Dupe Investors
David Trainer • Wed, Mar 13 • 50 Comments
Housing Starts Fell In January As Permits Increased
James Picerno • Wed, Feb 20 • 1 Comment
Best And Worst ETFs And Mutual Funds: Financials Sector
David Trainer • Mon, Feb 18 • 2 Comments
Best And Worst ETFs And Mutual Funds: Financials Sector
David Trainer • Thu, Nov 1, 2012
REIT ETFs Attract Income Hunters
Tom Lydon • Tue, Sep 25, 2012 • 1 Comment
REITs: Investment Options For A Low-Growth, Low-Interest Rate Environment
TopYields • Mon, Aug 13, 2012 • 1 Comment
Real Estate, Especially Commercial Real Estate, Still A Major Problem
John M. Mason • Fri, Jul 6, 2012 • 4 Comments
ETF Spotlight: Real Estate Investment Trusts
Tom Lydon • Fri, Apr 27, 2012 • 1 Comment
The Most Dangerous ETFs For March
David Trainer • Tue, Mar 13, 2012
2 Roads Diverge In Commercial Real Estate
Jan Brzeski • Tue, Aug 30, 2011 • 7 Comments
ETF Deathwatch for August 2011: Product Count Hits 29-Month High
Ron Rowland • Fri, Aug 5, 2011
Mortgage Activity Slips Despite Rate Decline
Markos Kaminis • Thu, Jun 30, 2011 • 3 Comments

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Thursday, January 24, 8:53 AM "(Commercial property) values are increasing but they're not running away," says Starwood (STWD) CEO Barry Sternlicht in an interview about the LNR purchase. He notes money is beginning to move out of fixed income into real property. This isn't news for major city centers, but Sternlicht says it's beginning to spill into "secondary cities." Comment! [Financials, U.S. Economy]
Friday, January 18, 10:59 AM More good news for housing: Household formation growth is back. After averaging more than 1M/year prior to the property bust, formations dropped to about 500K/year between 2008-10. The number bounced to 1.1M in 2011 and looks to have risen further last year. The gains are particularly felt in the rental market, and builders are obliging with a big jump in multi-family starts. 5 Comments [U.S. Economy]
Tuesday, January 1, 1:40 PM For real-estate investors, the homebuilders ETF (XHB +55.6%) was the place to be in 2012. Retail (RTL +21.2%) outperformed residential (REZ +9.6%) and industrial (FIO -5.2%). Regionally, Asia real-estate (IFAS +39.4%) topped the list, followed by Europe (IFEU +24.5%) and the U.S. (RWR +13.3%). Full real-estate tables here. Comment! [Quick Ideas]
Friday, November 30, 2012, 4:08 PM Norway's sovereign wealth fund is jumping into U.S. real estate, planning to invest about $11B of its $660B in "conservative" investments such as office complexes in major cities. The fund - just stocks and bonds at the moment - wants to have 5% of its assets in property. "The U.S. is the next real estate market to invest in," says fund management chief Yngve Slyngstad. 1 Comment [U.S. Economy, Global & FX]
Monday, November 26, 2012, 3:38 PM Focus on D.C. is preventing many from seeing the potential for housing - and by relation, employment - to deliver a big upside surprise in 2013, writes Jim Leaviss. If past patterns hold, the recent sharp decline in inventory should presage strong growth next year. Rising house prices removes a key psychological block from buyers - most prefer to buy into a clearly rising market. 1 Comment [U.S. Economy]
Friday, November 16, 2012, 3:29 PM Developed real estate ex-U.S. (WPS) holds its ground over the last 2 months as domestic property (IYR) falls more than 7%. YTD, WPS is up 25.4% vs. an 8.7% gain for IYR. Another international fund, VNQI - holding many of the same stocks, but less top-heavy - has posted an even greater return, +28.1%. 3 Comments [Global & FX]
Thursday, November 15, 2012, 11:00 AM The seasonally-adjusted delinquency rate for 1-4 family homes fell18 bps to 7.40% in Q3, according to the MBA. The rate fell 59 bps on a Y/Y basis. The percentage of loans in some sort of delinquency fell to 11.71% from 12.63% a year ago. "A significant drop in the shadow inventory of distressed loans (is) a real positive for the housing market." (see Blackstone - buying up everything it sees). 1 Comment [U.S. Economy]
Friday, October 19, 2012, 12:29 PM Developed real estate ex- U.S. (WPS) continues to add to its sizable lead over domestic property (IYR, VNQ), with all of the outperformance coming since late July. The fund's largest holdings are concentrated in Asia - Japan, Hong Kong - with a bit of Australia and Europe thrown in. 1 Comment
Wednesday, October 17, 2012, 8:39 AM More on September Housing Starts: Both starts and permits post their best numbers since the summer of 2008. August's gains are revised higher to +4.1% from +2.3%. As hoped, it appears housing starts are catching up to large previous gains in builder confidence. (see also) Comment! [U.S. Economy]
Friday, September 14, 2012, 3:09 PM Trailing U.S. real estate (IYR, VNQ) badly for much of the last month, the past few sessions have been especially good for developed real estate ex-U.S (WPS). On a YTD basis, WPS continues to outperform domestic property by about 600 basis points. Comment!
Saturday, August 25, 2012, 10:00 AM Southern Co. (SO) and Verizon (VZ) may be the "poster children" among high dividend-payers as the quest for yield takes the utility (XLU), telecom (IXP), and consumer staples (XLP) sectors to frothy levels. The flip-side are health-care services (XHS), autos (CARZ), housing (IYR), and tech (XLK) - lower payers, but with relative valuations that have rarely been this cheap. 17 Comments [Quick Ideas]
Wednesday, August 8, 2012, 3:15 PM The 4.8% Q2 gain in Freddie Mac's House Price Index was the strongest print in 8 years, says Chief Economist Frank Nothaft. He casts doubt on the claim of a massive "shadow inventory" set to be unleashed on the market, noting sharp declines in both excess-for-rent and excess-for-sale inventory. Also, national figures are obscuring true tightness in many local markets. 7 Comments [U.S. Economy]
Thursday, July 5, 2012, 1:16 PM Price matters. Real estate funds have trumped all other categories of stock fund over the last 3 years, not because the underlying assets have great fundamentals, but because the class "was priced for bankruptcy" in 2009. Now the fundamentals are turning. Some favorites: VNQ, SPG, AVB, FNIO, ICF, IFGL. 5 Comments [U.S. Economy]
Tuesday, July 3, 2012, 9:42 AM Blackstone (BX) gets into the residential landlord business, buying up $250M worth of foreclosed single-family homes with the intention of renting them out, according to sources. The firm joins what can now be called a mad rush of deep-pocketed investors trying to take single-family rentals out of the mom-and-pop category and into a major asset class. 24 Comments [Financials]
Friday, June 29, 2012, 3:21 PM Real estate ex-U.S. outperformed U.S. real estate this month, WPS +4.9% (45 minutes before the close) vs. IYR and VNQ, each up about 2.5%. Over the last year though, it's not close, with U.S. real estate outperforming ex-U.S. by 1500 basis points or more (depending on the ETF), the divergence beginning last last fall. Comment!
Wednesday, June 13, 2012, 1:19 PM Even with meaty yields, the dividend payout ratios for REITs remain very low, and thus very safe, says Fidelity's Sam Wald. Current low levels of supply mean economic growth does not have to be great for these companies to grow nicely, he adds. 1 Comment [Financials]

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WaysToPlay: Ken Rogoff: Housing, Unemployment Will Get Worse Before They Get Better http://bit.ly/5ATo3X $IYR $SRS $RTL $XRT $RTH #ETF #MKT
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WaysToPlay: Gallup Economic Weekly: Thanksgiving Week Disappoints http://bit.ly/4Cjh3P $RTH $RTL $XRT #blackfriday #etf #mkt #SALE
12/1/09
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WaysToPlay: Why Black Friday Data Points To A Grim Holiday Season http://bit.ly/79i4sK $XRT $RTH $RTL #ETF #MKT #cybermonday #blackfriday
11/30/09
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WaysToPlay: Holiday Sales to Drop as Forecasters See 'Discipline' http://bit.ly/7Pq1jC $XRT $RTH $RTL #Consumers #ETF #MKT #BlackFriday
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WaysToPlay: Round-Up of Holiday Spending Surveys, Reports http://bit.ly/5FWUzY $XRT $RTL $RTH $ROB #ETF #MKT #sale #Retail #Jobs
11/24/09
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WaysToPlay: US shoppers wait for sales http://bit.ly/5RfQZz $XRT $RTL $ROB $RTH #ETF #MKT #Retail #Jobs #sale
11/24/09
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WaysToPlay: "Black Friday" deals may not signal retail comeback http://bit.ly/5JLUEK $RTL $RTH $XRT #Consumer #blackfriday #Jobs #ETF #MKT
11/22/09
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WaysToPlay: Smarter Shoppers vs. Smarter Sellers http://bit.ly/17de2C $XRT $RTL $RTH #ETF #MKT #Consumer #Retail #Jobs
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