Two Measures of Inflation: June 2026

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Inflation remains a hot topic, directly impacting everything from your grocery bill to interest rates. As of the latest data, two key inflation gauges — the Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) Price Index and the Consumer Price Index (CPI) — show that prices are still above the Federal Reserve’s 2% target, with the core PCE at 3.3% and core […]

AI tools cut advisor admin time by 50%, CIBC says

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Part of a broader AI platform strategy AdvisorAssist is the latest in a suite of AI tools CIBC has brought to market since 2025. CIBC DocuMind, an enterprise document intelligence platform launched in 2025, processes approximately 63,000 documents a month and has saved an average of 16,000 hours per quarter since launch, according to CIBC. […]

Schroders Capital invests in London residential scheme for UK impact fund

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Residential strategy focuses on addressing the UK’s housing shortage. Your trusted source for commercial real estate intelligence, insights, and market analysis. Register for free to access two complimentary articles per month, or Subscribe to unlock unlimited CRE intelligence. Already have an account? Log in The post Schroders Capital invests in London residential scheme for UK […]

As AI Adoption Ramps Up, Half A Million Property Managers Are In The Crosshairs

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Artificial intelligence is steadily creeping into more and more aspects of multifamily management. AI-powered agents are following up with prospective renters and drawing up leases. Evolving tech is even learning to automate property tax disputes and hound tenants for rent. Tech firms are plowing billions into automating the bulk of rote tasks that keep employees […]

GDP slowdown and sticky inflation dim hopes of rate relief

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Beneath the surface, domestic demand held up. Consumer spending accelerated to an annualized 3.2% rate in the second quarter, up from just 0.5% in the first quarter, the fastest pace in nearly a year. Final sales to private domestic purchasers, a closely watched measure of underlying economic strength, surged to 3.9% from 1.7% in the prior period. […]

Free Cash Flow Trio Shows Strong Assets, Flows & Performance

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Free cash flow strategies are ideal for investors searching for quality fundamental factors, especially in current times where certain large-cap valuations are suspect. VictoryShares and Solutions offer a suite of free cash flow (FCF) ETFs in the VictoryShares Free Cash Flow ETF (VFLO), VictoryShares Free Cash Flow Growth ETF (GFLW), and VictoryShares Small Cap Free […]

JVP Development Is Betting $37M Of Its Own Money That Frisco Is Ready For Spec Office

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Dallas-Fort Worth is unlike most other markets in the country. Visitors can experience a live cattle drive at the Fort Worth Stockyards, tour the Dallas Cowboys‘ world headquarters and even see honest-to-goodness speculative office construction. With new office construction at historic lows across the country and elevated interest rates and construction costs curtailing speculative construction […]

Japan Currency Intervention, Oil, and Data Causing Some Selling

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Japan’s Ministry of Finance (MOF) and central bank (BOJ) are a bit more closely linked than Treasury and the Fed. For example, the MOF can instruct the BOJ to sell a bunch of securities to pop up the value of domestic currency. They did this in relatively grand fashion yesterday, but the selling didn’t appear […]

Supermajor Earnings: Exxon & Chevron’s Impact on ETF Market

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The two largest U.S. integrated supermajors, Exxon Mobil (XOM) and Chevron (CVX), reported second-quarter profits that surged on rising oil prices due to renewed geopolitical tensions in the Middle East. With these two firms accounting for large allocations in many energy ETFs, their earnings serve as a primary catalyst for the entire energy ETF landscape.  […]

First Trip to Greece Let Me Down; What I’d Do Differently Next Time

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When one of my most anticipated trips turned out to be one of my most frustrating, it was entirely my own fault. I travel professionally for a living, but I still get caught up in excitement and unrealistic expectations when planning. Like many travelers, I’d been dreaming of Greece for years. I watched “Mamma Mia,” […]