Invesco Building & Construction ETF

PKB

Market cap $433M

The prospect of an end to the war with Iran briefly sparked hopes lower oil prices and interest rates will boost housing.

According to the Census Bureau, new home sales were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 580,000 in May. This represents a 7.3% decline from April's rate of 626,000 and an 6.8% drop from the previous year.

REITs have refused to break in 2026 despite oil-driven inflation pressure, rising Treasury yields, and a Fed narrative that flipped from multiple rate cuts to potential hikes. The “Rates Up, REITs Down” regime has weakened, with REIT-rate correlations falling sharply as fundamentals, strategy, capital allocation, and valuation catalysts increasingly drive performance. M&A has helped break the rate-driven narrative, validating public-market discounts to NAV and proving that REITs can unlock value through consolidation, privatizations, and strategic alternatives.

A smart beta exchange traded fund, the Invesco Building & Construction ETF (PKB) debuted on 10/26/2005, and offers broad exposure to the Industrials ETFs category of the market.

According to the Census Bureau, new home sales were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 622,000 in April. This represents a 6.2% decline from March's rate of 663,000 and an 11.3% drop from the previous year.

Mortgage rates hit 6.75%, hurting US homebuilders, while one construction ETF gains from booming AI and infrastructure demand.

Designed to provide broad exposure to the Industrials - Engineering and Construction segment of the equity market, the Invesco Building & Construction ETF (PKB) is a passively managed exchange traded fund launched on October 26, 2005.

Surging oil prices and hotter inflation reports reignited rate-hike concerns, sending Treasury yields to one-year highs as the Iran conflict remained stalemated despite the highly anticipated Trump-Xi summit.

According to the Census Bureau, new home sales were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 682,000 in March. This represents a 7.4% increase from February's rate of 635,000 and a 3.3% rise from the previous year.

U.S. equity markets advanced for a fifth straight week - their longest winning streak since 2024 - as strong earnings, resilient data, and hopes for lasting Iran peace fueled optimism. Investors looked through another oil-price surge and inflationary pressure, focusing instead on corporate resilience and economic strength despite a complex macro backdrop shaped by geopolitical and policy uncertainty. The Fed held rates steady in an unusually fractured 8-4 vote, while Powell's plan to remain on the Board broke precedent and raised politically charged succession questions.