Pandemic-hit 2020 was a terrible year for mall real estate investment trusts (REITs), with some actually ending up in bankruptcy court. The niche retail sector has rebounded strongly in 2021 as the ...

You can’t go anywhere these days and not hear about the pent-up demand “V-shaped” recovery that awaits us once we all get vaccinated (or enough of us). This is premised on the assumption that we will ...

Has the pent-up demand that helped fuel a surge in travel as the pandemic ebbed finally run its course? Analyses from two major financial institutions, Mastercard and Bank of America, posed that ...

After WWI and the flu epidemic, pent-up demand led to crowds of fans wanting to see baseball games. Now people wonder if pent-up demand will do something similar for industries hard hit by COVID-19.

Gas prices hit another record Thursday, climbing to a national average of $4.72 per gallon. That is up more than 52 cents in just the past month alone and about $1.67 more than this time last year.

Suppose you’ve been prevented from buying things for a year, or maybe a decade. Now the dishwasher is on the fritz, the tires are nearly bald, and the springs on the couch have sprung. Or, you’ve not ...

Even though the unemployment rate is still, frankly, pretty scary, most of the people in this economy who want to be working are. And some have been able to save money through the pandemic because ...

Malls were shuttered in 2020 thanks to pandemic-related restrictions. Malls are open again and mall REIT shares are thriving, thanks to consumers heading out to shop again. The key trend here could be ...