REIT Spinoff | Sector Rotation | Vaccine Progress

Summary

• U.S. equity markets finished lower Friday, ending a choppy week with modest declines as optimism about forthcoming coronavirus vaccines was offset by continued concerns over coronavirus-induced economic shutdowns.
• Ending the week lower by 0.8%, the S&P 500 declined by 0.7% today. Small-Cap and Mid-Cap stocks delivered another week of gains amid an ongoing post-vaccine "sector rotation" pattern.
• Finishing the week with a decline of 1.0%, the broad-based Equity REIT ETF (VNQ) finished lower by 0.6% today with 12 of the 18 property sectors in negative territory.
• Today's modest declines came despite additional progress in the vaccine race as Pfizer (PFE) filed for emergency use authorization for their COVID-19 vaccine with FDA approval expected within weeks.
• Residential mortgage REIT New Residential (NRZ) surged after it filed to spinoff its mortgage origination unit. We'll have a full analysis of this week's price action in our Real Estate Weekly Recap published tomorrow morning.

Real Estate Daily Recap

U.S. equity markets finished lower Friday, ending a choppy week with modest declines as optimism about forthcoming coronavirus vaccines was offset by continued concerns over coronavirus-induced economic shutdowns. Ending the week lower by 0.8%, the S&P 500 ETF (SPY) declined by 0.7% today while the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIA) declined 220 points and the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 (QQQ) fell 0.7% Finishing the week with a decline of 0.8%, the broad-based Equity REIT ETF (VNQ) finished lower by 0.6% today with 12 of the 18 property sectors in negative territory. The Mortgage REIT ETF (REM) finished higher by 0.4% and ended the week with gains of 4%.

Today's modest declines came despite additional progress in the vaccine race as Pfizer (PFE) filed for emergency use authorization for their COVID-19 vaccine with FDA approval expected within weeks. 10 of the 11 GICS equity sectors finished in negative territory today. While the large-cap indexes declined on the week, Small-Cap (SLY) and Mid-Cap (MDY) stocks delivered another week of gains amid an ongoing post-vaccine "sector rotation" pattern. Homebuilders and the broader Hoya Capital Housing Index finished a solid week with modest declines today following a stellar slate of housing data throughout the week. We'll have a full analysis of this week's price action in our Real Estate Weekly Recap published tomorrow morning.

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