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Many officials have signaled they are leaning toward approving a 0.5-point increase at their Dec. 13-14 meeting.Investors have been eager for evidence that the central bank would slow its pace of rate rises, andmarkets ralliedafter Mr. Powell’s remarks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 2.2%, or about 735 points, enough to put the index back in a bull market, defined as a 20% rise from a recent low. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note declined to 3.699% Wednesday from 3.746% Tuesday.Mr. Powell suggested Fed officials were moving into a new phase of policy tightening in which they would try to judge just how high rates need to rise. “My colleagues and I do not want to overtighten because … cutting rates is not something we want to do soon,” he said. “That’s why we’re slowing down, and I’m going to try to find our way to what that right level is.”Mr. Powell reviewed signs of progress on the inflation fight, including a slowdown in interest-rate sensitive sectors of the economy such as housing and improving supply-chain conditions. But he said that declines in rents and goods prices might be insufficient if firms don’t slow their hiring to bring the strong demand for labor into better balance with a shortfall in the supply of workers.Labor demand has eased some in recent months.Job openingstotaled a seasonally adjusted 10.3 million in October, the Labor Department reported Wednesday. That was down from 10.7 million in September but far exceeded the 6.1 million unemployed people seeking work in October.The labor market “shows only tentative signs of rebalancing, and wage growth remains well above levels that would be consistent with 2% inflation,” Mr. Powell said. “Despite some promising developments, we have a long way to go in restoring price stability.”The Fed has raised interest rates this year at the most rapid pace since the early 1980s to battle inflation that is running near a 40-year high. Officials seek to reduce inflation by slowing the economy through tighter financial conditions—such as higher borrowing costs, lower stock prices and a stronger dollar—which typically curb demand.The U.S. economy shrank slightly in the first half of this year, but grew more briskly in the third quarter than previously estimated. Gross domestic product increased at an inflation-adjustedannual rate of 2.9%from July through September, up from an initial estimate of 2.6%, the Commerce Department said Wednesday.Awave of layoffshas rippled across industries such as tech, entertainment and real estate. CNN on Wednesdaysaid it is laying offemployees,DoorDashInc.said it would cut staffandAMC NetworksInc. said in a memo to employees thatit plans to lay off about 20% of its workforce.A big question now for the Fed is how much further to raise rates. 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That’s a serious concern,” he said.Mr. Powell repeated his earlier view that officials were likely to raise rates to a somewhat higher level early next year than they had anticipated in projections released after their September meeting, when most officials saw their benchmark rate rising to between 4.5% and 5%.Mr. Powell focused part of his remarks on exploring why the share of Americans seeking work remains below its prepandemic level. The analysis carries important implications for setting interest rates because if wage pressures remain stronger in the coming years, that could lead to a period of greater volatility in wages, inflation and borrowing costs.Mr. Powell said most of the shortfall appears to reflect older Americanswho retired earlywhen the pandemic hit the U.S. in March 2020 and from slower growth in the working-age population, which he said could reflect reduced levels of legal immigration and a surge in deaths during the pandemic.Steps to boost workforce participation aren’t controlled by the Fed and wouldn’t be able to take effect rapidly enough to address the current bout of high inflation, Mr. Powell said.The upshot is that Fed policy will seek to slow inflation and wage growth by reducing demand for workers, a subject that Mr. Powell addressed delicately on Wednesday. “For the near term, a moderation of labor demand growth will be required to restore balance to the labor market,” he said.While strong wage growth “is a good thing,” he implied it is too high right now to support a return to the Fed’s 2% inflation target. “For wage growth to be sustainable, it needs to be consistent with 2% inflation,” he said.Mr. Powell said the Fed’s preferred measure of inflation, the personal-consumption expenditures price index, likely rose around 6% in October from a year earlier, down from 6.2% in September. The Commerce Department is set to release October figures on Thursday. When stripped of volatile food and energy prices, the so-called core index likely increased around 5%, down from 5.1% in September, he said.Separately, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Wednesday that inflation could come down without broad layoffs occurring across the economy if companies slow hiring by reducing the number of unfilled jobs they are trying to fill.The Labor Department is set to release its November employment report on Friday, which will include details on hiring, wage growth and joblessness. The unemployment ratestood at 3.7%in October.A jobless rate between 4% and 5% would still indicate a robust labor market, Ms. Yellen said at a New York Times event. “I think we can make a lot of progress in the labor market just on the hiring...and job-opening side. 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These 4 REITs Look Ripe for the Picking","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1155681056","media":"The Smart Investor","summary":"These four beaten-down REITs look interesting to own for the long term.If you’re an investor, it’s a","content":"<html><head></head><body><p>These four beaten-down REITs look interesting to own for the long term.</p><p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/3bde80bdc92d19d5b95f2ff90ae9d3b0\" tg-width=\"800\" tg-height=\"533\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\"/></p><p>If you’re an investor, it’s always useful to keep some cash handy.</p><p>With volatility roiling the stock market and pessimism setting in, opportunities may appear to buy shares on the cheap.</p><p>REITs are a great place to start looking as rising interest rates have dampened sentiment for the sector.</p><p>These reliable income instruments can provide you with a steady stream of passive income well into your retirement years.</p><p>If you have S$10,000 to spare, you can consider these four REITs for your buy watchlist.</p><p><b>Mapletree Pan-Asia Commercial Trust (SGX: N2IU)</b></p><p>Mapletree Pan-Asia Commercial Trust, or MPACT, was formed through the merger of Mapletree Commercial Trust and Mapletree North Asia Commercial Trust.</p><p>MPACT owns 18 properties across five markets – Singapore, China, South Korea, Japan, and Hong Kong SAR, with assets under management (AUM) of S$17.1 billion and a net lettable area of 11 million square feet.</p><p>The merged REIT will have a high occupancy rate of 97.2% with aggregate leverage of 38.8%.</p><p>44% of MPACT’s AUM is in retail, with 35% in offices and the remaining 21% in business parks.</p><p>MPACT also has a well-diversified tenant portfolio with the largest tenant, Google’s<b>Alphabet</b>(NASDAQ: GOOGL), taking up 5.7% of the REIT’s gross rental income.</p><p>As of 31 March 2022, the REIT has debt headroom of close to S$4 billion.</p><p>The manager for MPACT will adopt a “4R” asset and capital 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merger of Mapletree Commercial Trust and Mapletree North Asia Commercial Trust.MPACT owns 18 properties across five markets – Singapore, China, South Korea, Japan, and Hong Kong SAR, with assets under management (AUM) of S$17.1 billion and a net lettable area of 11 million square feet.The merged REIT will have a high occupancy rate of 97.2% with aggregate leverage of 38.8%.44% of MPACT’s AUM is in retail, with 35% in offices and the remaining 21% in business parks.MPACT also has a well-diversified tenant portfolio with the largest tenant, Google’sAlphabet(NASDAQ: GOOGL), taking up 5.7% of the REIT’s gross rental income.As of 31 March 2022, the REIT has debt headroom of close to S$4 billion.The manager for MPACT will adopt a “4R” asset and capital management strategy to stabilise and then grow the REIT.4R stands for recharge, reconstitute, resilience, and refocus.It will focus on acquisitions of office and business park assets while looking for suitable opportunities to divest assets to unlock value.Digital Core REIT (SGX: DCRU)Digital Core REIT, or DCR, owns a portfolio of 10 data centres in the US and Canada worth US$1.46 billion as of 30 June 2022.The data centres enjoy full occupancy and have a long weighted average lease expiry (WALE) of 5.2 years.DCR reported its maiden financial result for the first half of 2022 (1H2022).Gross revenue was largely in line with forecast at US$52.8 million but the distributable income was 2.2% lower due to higher property expenses.Distribution per unit for 1H2022 was 1.4% lower than forecast at US$0.0206.Including the period from 6 December till end-2021, the total DPU declared by DCR came up to US$0.0237.Annualising the 1H2022 DPU, we get US$0.0412, and the REIT’s units are providing a forward yield of around 5.2%.DCR has identified acquisition targets in Frankfurt, Chicago or Dallas that are expected to be accretive to DPU.Its current gearing level is just 25.7% with an average cost of debt of 2.3%.Daiwa House Logistics Trust (SGX: DHLU)Daiwa House Logistics Trust, or DHLT, owns a portfolio of 14 high-quality logistics properties across Japan.Total AUM stands at around JPY 81 billion as of 31 December 2021.Gross revenue for 1H2022 was 3.6% below forecast while net property income was 4.5% lower than projected at S$30 million.DPU, however, was in line with the forecast of S$0.0309.The portfolio has maintained a high occupancy rate of 98.6% as of 30 June 2022 and all leases that were due to expire in 1H2022 have been renewed.The good news is that the average rent of renewed and new leases was up by 3.1%, and DHLT maintained a long WALE of 6.8 years.With the consumption tax loan refunded in April 2022, aggregate leverage stood at 34% for the REIT with 100% of its loans on fixed rates.ARA US Hospitality Trust (SGX: XZL)ARA US Hospitality Trust is a hospitality trust with a portfolio of 40 select-service hotels with a total of 5,214 rooms across 21 states in the US.In line with the global recovery in air travel, the trust has reported a strong year on year performance for 1H2022.Revenue jumped 53.8% year on year to US$81.3 million while net property income more than doubled year on year to US$21.1 million.Because of the better performance, distribution per stapled security (DPSS) increased four-fold from S$0.00355 in the second half of last year to S$0.01427 in 1H2022.Gearing was, however, fairly high at 43.5%.The good news is that 80% of ARA US Hospitality Trust’s borrowings are on fixed rates.Meanwhile, the gradual return of business and leisure demand should lead to a full recovery in US hotel market occupancy while also driving further increases in revenue per available room.These trends should bode well for the hospitality trust, giving it room to further raise its 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07:16","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Jerome Powell Signals Fed Prepared to Slow Rate-Rise Pace in December","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1151360919","media":"The Wall Street Journal","summary":"WASHINGTON—Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell provided a clear signal that the central bank is on t","content":"<html><head></head><body><p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/0742c30af7ca0e2b2064f2e5c4a7b9ba\" tg-width=\"620\" tg-height=\"349\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\"/>WASHINGTON—Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell provided a clear signal that the central bank is on track to raise interest rates by a half percentage point at its next meeting, stepping down from an unprecedented series of four 0.75-point rate rises aimed at combating high inflation.</p><p>Mr. Powell, in a speech Wednesday, said an overheated labor market needed to cool more for the Fed to be confident that inflation would decline toward its 2% goal.</p><ul><li>Markets Live Blog: Stocks Swing to Gains, Bond Yields Fall During Powell Speech</li><li>Third-Quarter U.S. Growth Was Stronger Than Previously Thought</li><li>U.S. Economic Growth Slowed This Fall, Fed’s Beige Book Says</li></ul><p>Because the Fed has raised rates rapidly and it takes time for those moves to influence the economy, it would make sense for officials to slow rate increases, he said at an event at the Brookings Institution. “The time for moderating the pace of rate increases may come as soon as the December meeting,” he said.</p><p>Fed officialslifted their benchmark rate by 0.75 percentage point on Nov. 2to a range between 3.75% and 4%, which is up from near zero in early March. Many officials have signaled they are leaning toward approving a 0.5-point increase at their Dec. 13-14 meeting.</p><p>Investors have been eager for evidence that the central bank would slow its pace of rate rises, andmarkets ralliedafter Mr. Powell’s remarks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 2.2%, or about 735 points, enough to put the index back in a bull market, defined as a 20% rise from a recent low. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note declined to 3.699% Wednesday from 3.746% Tuesday.</p><p>Mr. Powell suggested Fed officials were moving into a new phase of policy tightening in which they would try to judge just how high rates need to rise. “My colleagues and I do not want to overtighten because … cutting rates is not something we want to do soon,” he said. “That’s why we’re slowing down, and I’m going to try to find our way to what that right level is.”</p><p>Mr. Powell reviewed signs of progress on the inflation fight, including a slowdown in interest-rate sensitive sectors of the economy such as housing and improving supply-chain conditions. But he said that declines in rents and goods prices might be insufficient if firms don’t slow their hiring to bring the strong demand for labor into better balance with a shortfall in the supply of workers.</p><p>Labor demand has eased some in recent months.Job openingstotaled a seasonally adjusted 10.3 million in October, the Labor Department reported Wednesday. That was down from 10.7 million in September but far exceeded the 6.1 million unemployed people seeking work in October.</p><p>The labor market “shows only tentative signs of rebalancing, and wage growth remains well above levels that would be consistent with 2% inflation,” Mr. Powell said. “Despite some promising developments, we have a long way to go in restoring price stability.”</p><p>The Fed has raised interest rates this year at the most rapid pace since the early 1980s to battle inflation that is running near a 40-year high. Officials seek to reduce inflation by slowing the economy through tighter financial conditions—such as higher borrowing costs, lower stock prices and a stronger dollar—which typically curb demand.</p><p>The U.S. economy shrank slightly in the first half of this year, but grew more briskly in the third quarter than previously estimated. Gross domestic product increased at an inflation-adjustedannual rate of 2.9%from July through September, up from an initial estimate of 2.6%, the Commerce Department said Wednesday.</p><p>Awave of layoffshas rippled across industries such as tech, entertainment and real estate. CNN on Wednesdaysaid it is laying offemployees,DoorDashInc.said it would cut staffandAMC NetworksInc. said in a memo to employees thatit plans to lay off about 20% of its workforce.</p><p>A big question now for the Fed is how much further to raise rates. Some officials are concerned about causing unnecessary damage to the economy and labor market because it takes time for the full effects of those increases to ripple through the economy.</p><p>Other policy makers are concerned that price pressures could stay high because, despite improvements in supply chains and commodity markets, prices have picked up for more labor-intensive services.</p><p>Mr. Powell pushed back against concerns that the Fed was raising rates too aggressively by warning that allowing rapid price increases to persist could cause consumers to expect continued high inflation, making it more entrenched.</p><p>“It can’t be that we can go on for five years at a very high level of inflation and that it doesn’t work its way into the wage- and price-setting process pretty quickly. That’s a serious concern,” he said.</p><p>Mr. Powell repeated his earlier view that officials were likely to raise rates to a somewhat higher level early next year than they had anticipated in projections released after their September meeting, when most officials saw their benchmark rate rising to between 4.5% and 5%.</p><p>Mr. Powell focused part of his remarks on exploring why the share of Americans seeking work remains below its prepandemic level. The analysis carries important implications for setting interest rates because if wage pressures remain stronger in the coming years, that could lead to a period of greater volatility in wages, inflation and borrowing costs.</p><p>Mr. Powell said most of the shortfall appears to reflect older Americanswho retired earlywhen the pandemic hit the U.S. in March 2020 and from slower growth in the working-age population, which he said could reflect reduced levels of legal immigration and a surge in deaths during the pandemic.</p><p>Steps to boost workforce participation aren’t controlled by the Fed and wouldn’t be able to take effect rapidly enough to address the current bout of high inflation, Mr. Powell said.</p><p>The upshot is that Fed policy will seek to slow inflation and wage growth by reducing demand for workers, a subject that Mr. Powell addressed delicately on Wednesday. “For the near term, a moderation of labor demand growth will be required to restore balance to the labor market,” he said.</p><p>While strong wage growth “is a good thing,” he implied it is too high right now to support a return to the Fed’s 2% inflation target. “For wage growth to be sustainable, it needs to be consistent with 2% inflation,” he said.</p><p>Mr. Powell said the Fed’s preferred measure of inflation, the personal-consumption expenditures price index, likely rose around 6% in October from a year earlier, down from 6.2% in September. The Commerce Department is set to release October figures on Thursday. When stripped of volatile food and energy prices, the so-called core index likely increased around 5%, down from 5.1% in September, he said.</p><p>Separately, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Wednesday that inflation could come down without broad layoffs occurring across the economy if companies slow hiring by reducing the number of unfilled jobs they are trying to fill.</p><p>The Labor Department is set to release its November employment report on Friday, which will include details on hiring, wage growth and joblessness. The unemployment ratestood at 3.7%in October.</p><p>A jobless rate between 4% and 5% would still indicate a robust labor market, Ms. Yellen said at a New York Times event. “I think we can make a lot of progress in the labor market just on the hiring...and job-opening side. I don’t think it’s necessary to see very substantial layoffs,” she added.</p></body></html>","source":"wsj_highlight","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Jerome Powell Signals Fed Prepared to Slow Rate-Rise Pace in December</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; 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Many officials have signaled they are leaning toward approving a 0.5-point increase at their Dec. 13-14 meeting.Investors have been eager for evidence that the central bank would slow its pace of rate rises, andmarkets ralliedafter Mr. Powell’s remarks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 2.2%, or about 735 points, enough to put the index back in a bull market, defined as a 20% rise from a recent low. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note declined to 3.699% Wednesday from 3.746% Tuesday.Mr. Powell suggested Fed officials were moving into a new phase of policy tightening in which they would try to judge just how high rates need to rise. “My colleagues and I do not want to overtighten because … cutting rates is not something we want to do soon,” he said. “That’s why we’re slowing down, and I’m going to try to find our way to what that right level is.”Mr. Powell reviewed signs of progress on the inflation fight, including a slowdown in interest-rate sensitive sectors of the economy such as housing and improving supply-chain conditions. But he said that declines in rents and goods prices might be insufficient if firms don’t slow their hiring to bring the strong demand for labor into better balance with a shortfall in the supply of workers.Labor demand has eased some in recent months.Job openingstotaled a seasonally adjusted 10.3 million in October, the Labor Department reported Wednesday. That was down from 10.7 million in September but far exceeded the 6.1 million unemployed people seeking work in October.The labor market “shows only tentative signs of rebalancing, and wage growth remains well above levels that would be consistent with 2% inflation,” Mr. Powell said. “Despite some promising developments, we have a long way to go in restoring price stability.”The Fed has raised interest rates this year at the most rapid pace since the early 1980s to battle inflation that is running near a 40-year high. Officials seek to reduce inflation by slowing the economy through tighter financial conditions—such as higher borrowing costs, lower stock prices and a stronger dollar—which typically curb demand.The U.S. economy shrank slightly in the first half of this year, but grew more briskly in the third quarter than previously estimated. Gross domestic product increased at an inflation-adjustedannual rate of 2.9%from July through September, up from an initial estimate of 2.6%, the Commerce Department said Wednesday.Awave of layoffshas rippled across industries such as tech, entertainment and real estate. CNN on Wednesdaysaid it is laying offemployees,DoorDashInc.said it would cut staffandAMC NetworksInc. said in a memo to employees thatit plans to lay off about 20% of its workforce.A big question now for the Fed is how much further to raise rates. Some officials are concerned about causing unnecessary damage to the economy and labor market because it takes time for the full effects of those increases to ripple through the economy.Other policy makers are concerned that price pressures could stay high because, despite improvements in supply chains and commodity markets, prices have picked up for more labor-intensive services.Mr. Powell pushed back against concerns that the Fed was raising rates too aggressively by warning that allowing rapid price increases to persist could cause consumers to expect continued high inflation, making it more entrenched.“It can’t be that we can go on for five years at a very high level of inflation and that it doesn’t work its way into the wage- and price-setting process pretty quickly. That’s a serious concern,” he said.Mr. Powell repeated his earlier view that officials were likely to raise rates to a somewhat higher level early next year than they had anticipated in projections released after their September meeting, when most officials saw their benchmark rate rising to between 4.5% and 5%.Mr. Powell focused part of his remarks on exploring why the share of Americans seeking work remains below its prepandemic level. The analysis carries important implications for setting interest rates because if wage pressures remain stronger in the coming years, that could lead to a period of greater volatility in wages, inflation and borrowing costs.Mr. Powell said most of the shortfall appears to reflect older Americanswho retired earlywhen the pandemic hit the U.S. in March 2020 and from slower growth in the working-age population, which he said could reflect reduced levels of legal immigration and a surge in deaths during the pandemic.Steps to boost workforce participation aren’t controlled by the Fed and wouldn’t be able to take effect rapidly enough to address the current bout of high inflation, Mr. Powell said.The upshot is that Fed policy will seek to slow inflation and wage growth by reducing demand for workers, a subject that Mr. Powell addressed delicately on Wednesday. “For the near term, a moderation of labor demand growth will be required to restore balance to the labor market,” he said.While strong wage growth “is a good thing,” he implied it is too high right now to support a return to the Fed’s 2% inflation target. “For wage growth to be sustainable, it needs to be consistent with 2% inflation,” he said.Mr. Powell said the Fed’s preferred measure of inflation, the personal-consumption expenditures price index, likely rose around 6% in October from a year earlier, down from 6.2% in September. The Commerce Department is set to release October figures on Thursday. When stripped of volatile food and energy prices, the so-called core index likely increased around 5%, down from 5.1% in September, he said.Separately, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Wednesday that inflation could come down without broad layoffs occurring across the economy if companies slow hiring by reducing the number of unfilled jobs they are trying to fill.The Labor Department is set to release its November employment report on Friday, which will include details on hiring, wage growth and joblessness. The unemployment ratestood at 3.7%in October.A jobless rate between 4% and 5% would still indicate a robust labor market, Ms. Yellen said at a New York Times event. “I think we can make a lot of progress in the labor market just on the hiring...and job-opening side. I don’t think it’s necessary to see very substantial layoffs,” she added.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":363,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":9997543252,"gmtCreate":1661825797077,"gmtModify":1676536586636,"author":{"id":"3561093925314119","authorId":"3561093925314119","name":"WKH","avatar":"https://static.laohu8.com/default-avatar.jpg","crmLevel":5,"crmLevelSwitch":1,"followedFlag":false,"idStr":"3561093925314119","authorIdStr":"3561093925314119"},"themes":[],"htmlText":"Great info!","listText":"Great info!","text":"Great info!","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":3,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/9997543252","repostId":"1155681056","repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"1155681056","kind":"news","pubTimestamp":1661823719,"share":"https://ttm.financial/m/news/1155681056?lang=&edition=fundamental","pubTime":"2022-08-30 09:41","market":"sg","language":"en","title":"Have S$10,000 to Spare? These 4 REITs Look Ripe for the Picking","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1155681056","media":"The Smart Investor","summary":"These four beaten-down REITs look interesting to own for the long term.If you’re an investor, it’s a","content":"<html><head></head><body><p>These four beaten-down REITs look interesting to own for the long term.</p><p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/3bde80bdc92d19d5b95f2ff90ae9d3b0\" tg-width=\"800\" tg-height=\"533\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\"/></p><p>If you’re an investor, it’s always useful to keep some cash handy.</p><p>With volatility roiling the stock market and pessimism setting in, opportunities may appear to buy shares on the cheap.</p><p>REITs are a great place to start looking as rising interest rates have dampened sentiment for the sector.</p><p>These reliable income instruments can provide you with a steady stream of passive income well into your retirement years.</p><p>If you have S$10,000 to spare, you can consider these four REITs for your buy watchlist.</p><p><b>Mapletree Pan-Asia Commercial Trust (SGX: N2IU)</b></p><p>Mapletree Pan-Asia Commercial Trust, or MPACT, was formed through the merger of Mapletree Commercial Trust and Mapletree North Asia Commercial Trust.</p><p>MPACT owns 18 properties across five markets – Singapore, China, South Korea, Japan, and Hong Kong SAR, with assets under management (AUM) of S$17.1 billion and a net lettable area of 11 million square feet.</p><p>The merged REIT will have a high occupancy rate of 97.2% with aggregate leverage of 38.8%.</p><p>44% of MPACT’s AUM is in retail, with 35% in offices and the remaining 21% in business parks.</p><p>MPACT also has a well-diversified tenant portfolio with the largest tenant, Google’s<b>Alphabet</b>(NASDAQ: GOOGL), taking up 5.7% of the REIT’s gross rental income.</p><p>As of 31 March 2022, the REIT has debt headroom of close to S$4 billion.</p><p>The manager for MPACT will adopt a “4R” asset and capital 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3.1%, and DHLT maintained a long WALE of 6.8 years.</p><p>With the consumption tax loan refunded in April 2022, aggregate leverage stood at 34% for the REIT with 100% of its loans on fixed rates.</p><p><b>ARA US Hospitality Trust (SGX: XZL)</b></p><p>ARA US Hospitality Trust is a hospitality trust with a portfolio of 40 select-service hotels with a total of 5,214 rooms across 21 states in the US.</p><p>In line with the global recovery in air travel, the trust has reported a strong year on year performance for 1H2022.</p><p>Revenue jumped 53.8% year on year to US$81.3 million while net property income more than doubled year on year to US$21.1 million.</p><p>Because of the better performance, distribution per stapled security (DPSS) increased four-fold from S$0.00355 in the second half of last year to S$0.01427 in 1H2022.</p><p>Gearing was, however, fairly high at 43.5%.</p><p>The good news is that 80% of ARA US Hospitality Trust’s borrowings are on fixed rates.</p><p>Meanwhile, the 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merger of Mapletree Commercial Trust and Mapletree North Asia Commercial Trust.MPACT owns 18 properties across five markets – Singapore, China, South Korea, Japan, and Hong Kong SAR, with assets under management (AUM) of S$17.1 billion and a net lettable area of 11 million square feet.The merged REIT will have a high occupancy rate of 97.2% with aggregate leverage of 38.8%.44% of MPACT’s AUM is in retail, with 35% in offices and the remaining 21% in business parks.MPACT also has a well-diversified tenant portfolio with the largest tenant, Google’sAlphabet(NASDAQ: GOOGL), taking up 5.7% of the REIT’s gross rental income.As of 31 March 2022, the REIT has debt headroom of close to S$4 billion.The manager for MPACT will adopt a “4R” asset and capital management strategy to stabilise and then grow the REIT.4R stands for recharge, reconstitute, resilience, and refocus.It will focus on acquisitions of office and business park assets while looking for suitable opportunities to divest assets to unlock value.Digital Core REIT (SGX: DCRU)Digital Core REIT, or DCR, owns a portfolio of 10 data centres in the US and Canada worth US$1.46 billion as of 30 June 2022.The data centres enjoy full occupancy and have a long weighted average lease expiry (WALE) of 5.2 years.DCR reported its maiden financial result for the first half of 2022 (1H2022).Gross revenue was largely in line with forecast at US$52.8 million but the distributable income was 2.2% lower due to higher property expenses.Distribution per unit for 1H2022 was 1.4% lower than forecast at US$0.0206.Including the period from 6 December till end-2021, the total DPU declared by DCR came up to US$0.0237.Annualising the 1H2022 DPU, we get US$0.0412, and the REIT’s units are providing a forward yield of around 5.2%.DCR has identified acquisition targets in Frankfurt, Chicago or Dallas that are expected to be accretive to DPU.Its current gearing level is just 25.7% with an average cost of debt of 2.3%.Daiwa House Logistics Trust (SGX: DHLU)Daiwa House Logistics Trust, or DHLT, owns a portfolio of 14 high-quality logistics properties across Japan.Total AUM stands at around JPY 81 billion as of 31 December 2021.Gross revenue for 1H2022 was 3.6% below forecast while net property income was 4.5% lower than projected at S$30 million.DPU, however, was in line with the forecast of S$0.0309.The portfolio has maintained a high occupancy rate of 98.6% as of 30 June 2022 and all leases that were due to expire in 1H2022 have been renewed.The good news is that the average rent of renewed and new leases was up by 3.1%, and DHLT maintained a long WALE of 6.8 years.With the consumption tax loan refunded in April 2022, aggregate leverage stood at 34% for the REIT with 100% of its loans on fixed rates.ARA US Hospitality Trust (SGX: XZL)ARA US Hospitality Trust is a hospitality trust with a portfolio of 40 select-service hotels with a total of 5,214 rooms across 21 states in the US.In line with the global recovery in air travel, the trust has reported a strong year on year performance for 1H2022.Revenue jumped 53.8% year on year to US$81.3 million while net property income more than doubled year on year to US$21.1 million.Because of the better performance, distribution per stapled security (DPSS) increased four-fold from S$0.00355 in the second half of last year to S$0.01427 in 1H2022.Gearing was, however, fairly high at 43.5%.The good news is that 80% of ARA US Hospitality Trust’s borrowings are on fixed rates.Meanwhile, the gradual return of business and leisure demand should lead to a full recovery in US hotel market occupancy while also driving further increases in revenue per available room.These trends should bode well for the hospitality trust, giving it room to further raise its 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Slumping equity markets in the quarter, though, caused the company to record investment and derivative losses, resulting in a net loss for the quarter, almost all of which is unrealized.</p><p>The company scaled back its stock buybacks, buying ~$1.0B of common stock during the quarter vs. $3.2B it spent in Q1 and $6.9B in Q4 2021.</p><p>The Omaha-based company that Warren Buffett built held $105.4B of cash and short-term securities as of June 30, 2021, down only slightly from $106.3B at March 31.</p><p>Q2 operating earningsof $$9.28B vs. $7.04B in Q1 and $6.69B in Q2 2021.</p><p>The volatile markets during the quarter hit the company&#39;s investment portfolio. Berkshire (BRK.B) posted $53.0B in investment and derivative losses in the quarter vs. losses of $5.45B in the prior quarter and gains of $21.4B in the year-ago quarter. That results in a net loss of $43.8B vs. net earnings of $5.46B in Q1 and net earnings of $28.1B a year ago.</p><p>Fair value of the company&#39;s equity portfolio declined to $327.7B at June 30, 2022 vs. $390.5B at March 31. About 73% of aggregate fair value was concentrated in four companies — American Express (AXP) at $24.8B, Apple (AAPL) at $161.2B, Bank of America (BAC) at $46.0B, and Coca-Cola (KO) at $23.7B. Chevron (CVX) dropped out of one of its four top equity investments since Q1.</p><p>Total revenue of $76.2B slipped from $78.8B in the prior quarter and climbed from $69.1B a year earlier.</p><p>Insurance float was ~$147B at June 30, vs. $148B at March 31.</p><p>For the corporation overall, pandemic lockdowns in various parts of the world and the Russia-Ukraine conflict means supply chain disruptions and inflationary pressures persisted during the quarter.</p><p>In its GEICO insurance unit, underwriting earnings declined due to increased claims frequencies and severities and lower reductions of ultimate claim estimates for prior years&#39; losses. Reinsurance underwriting earnings increased, reflecting foreign currency exchange rate gains. Insurance investment income rose Y/Y on increased dividend income and higher interest rates.</p><p>Railroad after-tax earnings rose 9.8% Y/Y reflecting higher revenue per car/unit, partly offset by lower overall freight volumes and higher fuel costs.</p><p>In its utility and energy operations, earnings rose 3.5% Y/Y from tax equity investments and from the natural gas pipeline and Northern Powergrid business, partly offset by lower earnings from U.S. regulated utilities and the real estate brokerage businesses.</p><p>Manufacturing, service, and retailing earnings gained 8.2% Y/Y, but results were mixed among businesses. &#34;While customer demand for products and services was relatively good in the first six months of 2022, we continue to experience the negative effects of higher materials, freight, labor and other input costs,&#34; the company said in its 10-Qfiling.</p><p>Operating earnings by segment vs. prior quarter and a year ago:</p><ul><li>Insurance underwriting — $581M vs. $47M in Q1 and $376M in Q2 2021.</li><li>Insurance - investment income — $1.91B vs. $1.17B and $1.22B</li><li>Railroad — $1.66B vs. $1.37B and $1.52B</li><li>Utilities and energy — $766M vs. $750M and $740M</li><li>Manufacturing, service and retailing — $3.25B vs. $3.03B and $3.00B</li><li>Other — $1.12Bvs. $677M and -$169M</li></ul></body></html>","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Berkshire Hathaway Scales Back Share Repurchases to $1.0B, Operating Earnings Gain</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nBerkshire Hathaway Scales Back Share Repurchases to $1.0B, Operating Earnings Gain\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2022-08-06 20:15 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://seekingalpha.com/news/3868521-berkshire-hathaway-q2-earnings><strong>Seeking Alpha</strong></a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\n<p>Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK.B) (BRK.B) Q2 operating earnings rose 32% from the previous quarter and 39% from a year ago, on strength from all its major operating divisions. Slumping equity markets in...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://seekingalpha.com/news/3868521-berkshire-hathaway-q2-earnings\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"BRK.A":"伯克希尔","BRK.B":"伯克希尔B"},"source_url":"https://seekingalpha.com/news/3868521-berkshire-hathaway-q2-earnings","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1165908204","content_text":"Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK.B) (BRK.B) Q2 operating earnings rose 32% from the previous quarter and 39% from a year ago, on strength from all its major operating divisions. Slumping equity markets in the quarter, though, caused the company to record investment and derivative losses, resulting in a net loss for the quarter, almost all of which is unrealized.The company scaled back its stock buybacks, buying ~$1.0B of common stock during the quarter vs. $3.2B it spent in Q1 and $6.9B in Q4 2021.The Omaha-based company that Warren Buffett built held $105.4B of cash and short-term securities as of June 30, 2021, down only slightly from $106.3B at March 31.Q2 operating earningsof $$9.28B vs. $7.04B in Q1 and $6.69B in Q2 2021.The volatile markets during the quarter hit the company's investment portfolio. Berkshire (BRK.B) posted $53.0B in investment and derivative losses in the quarter vs. losses of $5.45B in the prior quarter and gains of $21.4B in the year-ago quarter. That results in a net loss of $43.8B vs. net earnings of $5.46B in Q1 and net earnings of $28.1B a year ago.Fair value of the company's equity portfolio declined to $327.7B at June 30, 2022 vs. $390.5B at March 31. About 73% of aggregate fair value was concentrated in four companies — American Express (AXP) at $24.8B, Apple (AAPL) at $161.2B, Bank of America (BAC) at $46.0B, and Coca-Cola (KO) at $23.7B. Chevron (CVX) dropped out of one of its four top equity investments since Q1.Total revenue of $76.2B slipped from $78.8B in the prior quarter and climbed from $69.1B a year earlier.Insurance float was ~$147B at June 30, vs. $148B at March 31.For the corporation overall, pandemic lockdowns in various parts of the world and the Russia-Ukraine conflict means supply chain disruptions and inflationary pressures persisted during the quarter.In its GEICO insurance unit, underwriting earnings declined due to increased claims frequencies and severities and lower reductions of ultimate claim estimates for prior years' losses. Reinsurance underwriting earnings increased, reflecting foreign currency exchange rate gains. Insurance investment income rose Y/Y on increased dividend income and higher interest rates.Railroad after-tax earnings rose 9.8% Y/Y reflecting higher revenue per car/unit, partly offset by lower overall freight volumes and higher fuel costs.In its utility and energy operations, earnings rose 3.5% Y/Y from tax equity investments and from the natural gas pipeline and Northern Powergrid business, partly offset by lower earnings from U.S. regulated utilities and the real estate brokerage businesses.Manufacturing, service, and retailing earnings gained 8.2% Y/Y, but results were mixed among businesses. \"While customer demand for products and services was relatively good in the first six months of 2022, we continue to experience the negative effects of higher materials, freight, labor and other input costs,\" the company said in its 10-Qfiling.Operating earnings by segment vs. prior quarter and a year ago:Insurance underwriting — $581M vs. $47M in Q1 and $376M in Q2 2021.Insurance - 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