• US REITs top market returns this week
• Portfolio strategy benchmarks continue trending higher

This year’s rally in US real estate investment trusts (REITs) was looking tired recently, but it turned out to be a pause that refreshes.

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This month’s upcoming release of preliminary second-quarter economic data is expected to show an impressive acceleration in growth following Q1’s strong rise in gross domestic product. The update on July 29 will be rightly celebrated as a highlight of America’s continued economic rebound from last year’s pandemic-induced recession.

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* Biden will sign new executive order to cracking down on Big Tech
* US bond market is pricing in peak economic growth
* Fed’s Bostic says Delta variant could slow economic recovery
* Assessing the blowback from China’s crackdown on tech
* Wells Fargo says it’s ending all personal lines of credit for customers
* Junk bond rally pulls yields below inflation rate
* UK GDP rose by less than expected in May
* China factory-gate inflation cooled in June after reaching a decade high
* US jobless claims ticked up last week but remain near pandemic low: