Welcome to Real Vision.

It's Tuesday, December 15, 2020, just after market close in New York.

This is the Real Vision Daily Briefing.

I'm Ash Bennington, joined shortly Real visions Jack Farley, but first with

the day's stories, Haley Drasnan.

Hey Ash, Markets Edshire Tuesday as Congress gets closer to passing additional stimulus.

Right now it's a 748 billion dollar deal.

It's not the price tag originally proposed at 908 billion,

but they need something to pass before the holidays.

The markets are still digesting vaccine news and getting the continued support from

Central Banks, so we will see Stocks rally and corporate bonds extend into 2021.

What stood out to me today, some of the worst performing real estate stocks this year

are finally having their moment. Real estate of course has been

beaten down but stands to benefit from the economy's eventual reopening.

Share prices for hotels, retail, and offices jumped more than a third and have held those

gains since November 9th, the day when Pfizer and Bio-Entech announced their promising

vaccine results.

The FTSC Nari Equity Lodging Resource Index

has soared 49 percent,

while the regional malls and shopping centers

REIT indexes are each up more than 40% since the vaccine

announcement. Those returns made these real estate investment trusts two of the

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