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U.S. equity markets advanced for a second week while benchmark interest rates retreated from five-month highs after a critical slate of employment data showed a long-awaited cooldown in hiring trends. Foreshadowed by "dovish" remarks from Fed Chair Powell at the FOMC's policy meeting, payrolls data showed that job growth slowed to six-month lows while wage growth cooled to three-year lows. Following its best week since November, the S&P 500 advanced 0.6%, while bonds caught a bid this week across the yield and maturity curve.

REITs experienced a 26% drop in prices due to rising interest rates, creating opportunities for investors. Despite the overall decline, many REIT sectors, such as industrial, multifamily, and manufactured housing, showed strong FFO/share growth. The market pricing of REITs did not align with their fundamental performance, creating mispricing in sectors like retail, towers, and self-storage.

U.S. equity markets rebounded from their worst weekly decline in a year despite a continued uplift in benchmark interest rates, as a solid start to earnings season counteracted disappointing economic data. Ahead of the Fed's policy meeting in the week ahead, markets were confounded - albeit temporarily - by a "jarring" GDP report that showed a return of "stagflationary" trends. Defying the macro headwinds to post its best week since November, the S&P 500 rallied 2.8% on the week - erasing essentially all of its declines in the prior week.

U.S. equity markets declined this week while benchmark interest rates jumped to the highest level since November after stronger-than-expected employment data showed robust hiring trends in early 2024. Stagflation has crept back into the economic discussion over the past several weeks amid a resurgence in oil prices alongside economic data showing stubbornly lukewarm inflationary trends. Following two straight weeks of gains which had lifted the benchmark to record-highs, the S&P 500 declined by 0.9% this week. Real estate equities were among the laggards this week.

After covering the Winners of REIT Earnings Season last week, Part 2 of our Earnings Recap focuses on the worst-performing property sectors and common threads shared by these laggards. While there were no major "bombshells" this earnings season, there were pockets of relative weakness seen in the interest-rate-sensitive property sectors - net lease and office - along with goods-oriented sectors. Surging interest expense - not property-level fundamentals - was again the culprit behind much of this pain, underscoring the continued challenges facing more highly leveraged private real estate portfolios.

How REITs have fared through high interest rate environment. Takeaways from REITs earnings season so far. When rate cuts do come, some REIT sectors may stand to benefit.

U.S. equity markets notched another week of gains after a busy slate of economic data and corporate earnings results were broadly consistent with a "soft landing" trend for the domestic economy. Ahead of the Federal Reserve's first policy meeting of 2024, the FOMC's favored inflation gauge - Core PCE - showed a "2-handle" for the first time in nearly two years. Notching a series of record highs through the week, the S&P 500 advanced 1.2%, extending its impressive rally since late October to 12 of the past 13 weeks.

U.S. equity markets posted another week of gains as investors weighed conflicting indications on economic momentum and the need for rate cuts, with strong economic data offsetting soft corporate earnings. Swaps markets are now pricing in roughly 45% probability that the Federal Reserve will begin its rate-cutting cycle in March, down from odds of over 80% in the prior week.

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U.S. equity markets notched a fifth-straight week of gains as benchmark interest rates continued a decisive retreat after economic data and comments from Fed officials fueled bets on a pending pivot. Advancing for a fifth-straight week since dipping into "correction territory" at the end of October, the S&P 500 gained another 0.8% on the week, while Mid-Caps and Small-Caps gained 2%. Lifted by the rate retreat, real estate equities were again the leaders this week. The Equity REIT Index rallied 5.0% this week, extending their rebound since late-October to nearly 20%.