First Hospitality

The DJIA fell 289 points on Friday while the Nasdaq was down 218, the S&P 500 fell 55 points, and the 10-year treasury yield continued its march to 4.50%, up another .03 to 4.32%. Lodging stocks were mixed. New lows were set again by VCSA and AINC, while SOND fell -5% on a day when it held a vote on a reverse split. […]

The DJIA fell 195 points, while the Nasdaq was down 10, the S&P 500 was down 18 points, and the 10-year treasury yield was up 0.68 to 4.258%. Lodging stocks were mixed, but Airbnb stock received a big lift with the announcement of its inclusion in the S&P 500. Truist reported on its visit to San Francisco for the Visit Impact Summit. The good news is that the fall […]

The DJIA fell 270 points while Nasdaq was down 55, the S&P 500 fell 29 points and the 10-year treasury yield was down .04 to 3.40%. Things were going ok until the Fed Chief held his conference call after raising rates again. The same thing happened that has happened nearly every one of his conference calls the past year or so. AHT was […]

The DJIA rose 327 points while Nasdaq was down 32, the S&P 500 was up 15 points and the 10-year treasury yield was down .06 to 3.43%. Lodging stocks were mixed. SOND fell another -7% to another all time low. VCSA was down -5% on the day. SSN Hotels is asking the local planning board to approve the construction of two hotels on Hurffville […]

The DJIA ended Friday with a decline of 385 points while Nasdaq was down 87, the S&P 500 fell 44 points, capping another week of lower equity indexes. The 10-year treasury yield was down .19 to 3.40%. Lodging stocks were lower, once again led by the lodging REITs. INN and AHT both fell -7% and CLDT, VCSA, SVC and PK were each down […]

In an amazing recovery from over 700 points down, the DJIA ended the day down only 280 points while Nasdaq rallied to end up 6. The S&P 500 fell 27 points and the 10-year treasury yield plunged another .15 to 4.01%. Lodging stocks were lower but the real damage was on the four names we call the “new age” lodging stocks. Vacasa’s stock […]

The DJIA fell 575 points, Nasdaq was down 145, the S&P 500 was down 62 points but despite the Fed comments were the reasons for the decline, and there should be no doubt more hikes are on the way, the 10-year treasury yield was down .01 to stay under 4% at 3.98%. Lodging stocks were lower. Island Hospitality Management announced the company added 14 hotels to […]

The DJIA rose 331 points on Friday while Nasdaq was up 288, the S&P 500 rose 74 points and the 10 year treasury yield was up .09 to 3.48%. Lodging stocks were higher. SLNA topped the list with a 10% gain followed by AHT and VCSA, both up 6%. We start today’s newsletter on a sad note as many of you probably heard […]

The DJIA ended Friday with a gain of 199 points while Nasdaq was up a point, the S&P 500 rose 19 points and the 10-year treasury yield was up .04 to 3.82%. Lodging stocks were higher. MCG and INN both were up 6% while SVC and SLNA were up 5% each. SOND fell -5% on the day. Xenia Hotels & Resorts announced its board […]

The DJIA plunged 630 points on Friday while Nasdaq was down 421, the S&P 500 fell 105 points and the 10 year treasury yield jumped .06 to 3.88%. Lodging stocks were lower. MCG fell 5% while PLYA traded down to another new low. Jefferies lowered their price target on Hersha Hospitality to $12 from $13 and Sunstone Hotel Investors to $11 from $12. They maintained their Buy […]