Building an income portfolio is a function of a couple of things. First, look at your financial goal and then work backward. In this case, let's say an investor wants to generate $1,000 in passive income from three stocks in five years. The next step is to find three good stocks and then calculate how many shares to buy to generate that income. Theoretically it would take a smaller investment if we used a dividend reinvestment plan, but that complicates the math.The three stocks are Realty Income, STORE Capital and Duke Energy. I'll work through the math when discussing each one. Note that I am also choosing conservative names, which would be appropriate for an income investor.Triple-net lease REITs are highly stable income-generating businessesRealty Income is a real estate investment tru

THE following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Monday (Aug 29):CHINESE electric vehicle maker Nio has substantially completed its independent internal review and concluded that allegations made in a report by short-seller Grizzly Research were “not substantiated”, it said in a bourse filing on Friday (Aug 26).The short-seller claimed on Jun 28 that Nio had been “playing Valeant-esque accounting games” to inflate its revenue and boost net income margins. It also said that Nio was likely using an unconsolidated related party to exaggerate the group’s revenue and profitability, among other allegations.HOTEL group Shangri-La Asia reported a net loss of US$158.2 million for the first half of FY2022, marking 2 consecutive years of net losses since the

DigiCore Reit USD+0.00%Daiwa Hse Log Tr-1.46%These four beaten-down REITs look interesting to own for the long term.If you’re an investor, it’s always useful to keep some cash handy.With volatility roiling the stock market and pessimism setting in, opportunities may appear to buy shares on the cheap.REITs are a great place to start looking as rising interest rates have dampened sentiment for the sector.These reliable income instruments can provide you with a steady stream of passive income well into your retirement years.If you have S$10,000 to spare, you can consider these four REITs for your buy watchlist.Mapletree Pan-Asia Commercial Trust (SGX: N2IU)Mapletree Pan-Asia Commercial Trust, or MPACT, was formed through the merger of Mapletree Commercial Trust and Mapletree North Asia Commer

Third-quarter earnings season picks up this week, with more than 60 S&P 500 companies scheduled to report. The economic calendar will bring a bevy of housing-market indicators and other data. Bank of America and Charles Schwab will be Monday's earnings highlights, followed by Netflix, Lockheed Martin, Johnson & Johnson, Goldman Sachs, and Intuitive Surgical on Tuesday. IBM, Tesla, Procter & Gamble, United Airlines Holdings, and Nestlé release results on Wednesday. Thursday will be busy: Blackstone, Dow, American Airlines Group, AT&T, Union Pacific, Snap, and Boston Beer all report. Finally, American Express, Verizon Communications, and Schlumberger close the week on Friday. Housing data out this week will include the National Association of Home Builders' NAHB/Wells Fargo H

ednesday, lifted by gains in energy stocks and Intuit while investors awaited the U.S. Federal Reserve's Jackson Hole conference this week.Boosting the tech-heavy Nasdaq, Intuit Inc rallied almost 4% after the accounting software maker forecast upbeat fiscal 2023 revenue.After the bell, Salesforce Inc dipped 5.5% following its quarterly report. During the trading session, the business software seller had gained 2.3%.All 11 S&P 500 sector indexes rose, led by energy, up 1.2%, followed by a 0.71% gain in real estate.The S&P 500 lost ground in the previous three sessions after a summer rally was halted by growing concerns of an aggressive stance by the Fed, an energy crisis in Europe and signs of economic slowdown in China.Investor are now focused be on the Jackson Hole symposium that

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Nio (NIO), like other Chinese EV manufacturers, is struggling with battery-material sourcing and supply-chain woes in general. However, a deal with a lithium producer may help to alleviate these issues. Nevertheless, investors should tread carefully with NIO stock. Nio (NYSE:NIO) has to deal with many of the same issues that other Chinese electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers do. For example, the company has to contend with supply-chain constraints and the challenge of sourcing lithium for EV batteries. On the other hand, an arrangement with a lithium producer may provide an advantage for Nio. That said, it’s too early to declare victory and load up on NIO stock. Overeager EV-market investors have to face the facts. The industry has its growing pains, and it’s not always going to be a smooth

Shares of major U.S.-listed Chinese companies traded mixed in Hong Kong on Friday, with tech heavyweights like Alibaba Group Holdings, Baidu Inc, JD.com Inc, and Tencent Holdings being a major drag.Bucking the weakness, electric vehicle stocks gained, with Nio Inc, and Li Auto Inc trading as much as 2%.Shares of these Chinese companies ended mixed on U.S. bourses on Thursday.Global Markets Recap: The benchmark Hang Seng Index traded 0.69% lower after paring early losses.In the U.S., the Dow Jones Industrial Average ended 0.46% lower on Thursday as investors assessed the scope of expected Fed rate hikes and disappointing big bank earnings.On Friday, Shanghai's SSE Composite Index gained 0.16%, Japan's Nikkei 225 was up 0.50%, while Singapore's SGX Nifty traded mutedly.Macro Factors: Struggl

Summary Nvidia stock staged a strong intra-day rally of 14% on Thursday after new data showed softer-than-expected price increases in October that harbingers a potential "dovish response from the Fed". The stock's recent gains as a result of mitigating strategies taken against the newly imposed export restrictions to China is also welcome news, underscoring investors' confidence in Nvidia's longer-term prospects. Yet, mounting macroeconomic uncertainties still remain a large overhang on the stock's near-term performance, with renewed concerns of a crypto downturn adding complexity to the Nvidia stock's outlook. The following analysis will walk through some of the latest developments in Nvidia's operating, macro and regulatory environment, and gauge their respective implications on the stoc

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The energy industry had some of the hottest stocks on the market over the past two years, but with fears of a recession potentially dampening demand for oil and gas, the S&P 500 Energy index is down 25% since its peak last month.The cost of a barrel of oil is down to around $100 per barrel, and gasoline at the pumps has broken from its record high last month of $5 a gallon. But upstream, midstream, and downstream energy stocks are still taking a beating.That makes it a critical time to consider where you've been putting your money to work and whether you should be investing in dividend stocks to protect your downside. History shows income-generating stocks outperform non-dividend stocks even in the worst of times, so if we're heading into a new period of market turbulence, it may be th

Maxar Technologies Ltd.+4.17%PostRocket Lab USA, Inc.-0.17%PostThe recent dip in the markets offers investors a strong selection of potential investment vehicles that might someday go to the moon in the financial sense. In the literal sense, a few space-based companies have set their sights in that general direction for the near future, aiming for continued success and growth if and when market pressures abate.Virgin Galactic Holdings hopes to become the first real passenger spacecraft company, and it has years of experience and investment that could well pay off as soon as early next year. Maxar Technologies is a leader in geospatial intelligence. While it dipped during the pandemic, the satellite imagery expert has shown it can succeed as the space race continues into the future. And Roc

THE following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Friday (Jul 1):Keppel Infrastructure Trust (A7RU): Keppel Infrastructure Trust (KIT) has entered a non-binding term sheet to purchase from its sponsor a 50-per-cent stake in Marina East Water (MEW), which owns the Keppel Marina East Desalination Plant (KMEDP), for an enterprise value of about S$355 million.Keppel(BN4): ORIZONA, a wholly-owned unit of Keppel Land, has terminated a joint venture announced in 2020 with Emerald Haven Realty to develop a residential project in Chennai in south-eastern India.In a Thursday (Jun 30) bourse filing, Keppel Corp said that Orizona, Emerald Haven and other entities involved have entered a deal to terminate the share-purchase agreement in relation to the acquisit

Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (BTC)+0.00%PostTwitter-0.36%Post(Bloomberg) -- A few months ago, Celsius Network LLC’s nearly 47,000-strong Reddit group was filled with talk about how much everyone was earning by lending their coins through the platform. After the company filed for bankruptcy, members began using the forum, among others, to fight for the return of their funds.Reddit, Telegram and Twitter helped drive the meme-stock craze, and now users on the sites are channeling that same energy into campaigning courtside on several crypto bankruptcy cases, including Celsius and Voyager Digital Ltd. They are tapping into the huge social media communities that already exist for both platforms, urging users to write letters to the judge overseeing Celsius’s case, pooling funds for legal representat

By Reshma KapadiaWhen discussions turn to China, one question that always pops up from U.S. investors: Is it safe yet to buy Alibaba Group Holding, the e-commerce juggernaut that has been battered over the past two years amid the country's crackdown on technology?Alibaba's stock (ticker: BABA) fell 74% from its peak in fall 2020 at $317, to its low in March, and shares are still down 10% this year. Barron's has been cautious for a while as others have jumped in.Volatility is likely to continue. After all, Alibaba is a popular proxy for China and a multitude of risks persist. Policy makers must steady the country's battered economy and deal with Covid. Chinese companies continue to face the prospect of U.S. delistings, and even broader U.S. investment restrictions.But the magnitude of furth

All eyes on Fed policy decision on Wednesday* Ford sees additional $1 bln in inflationary costs, shares fall* Nike slips after Barclays downgrade on China lockdown concerns* Indexes down: Dow 1.01%, S&P 1.13%, Nasdaq 0.95%Sept 20 (Reuters) - Wall Street ended Tuesday lower as the eve of a U.S. Federal Reserve meeting expected to bring another large interest rate hike brought further evidence of the impact on corporate America from the inflation that the U.S. central bank wants to tame.The benchmark S&P 500 index has dropped 19.1% so far this year as investors fear aggressive policy tightening measures by the Fed could tip the U.S. economy into a recession.It closed for the third straight session below 3,900 points - a level considered by technical analysts as a strong support for t

An already strained U.S. stock market will be further challenged in the week ahead as the government publishes a key inflation report and megabanks kick off what’s likely to be a murky earnings season. The highly-awaited Consumer Price Index (CPI) takes top billing in coming days, with third-quarter financials from the country’s largest banks – JPMorgan (JPM), Citi (C), and Wells Fargo (WFC) – following suit in the line of importance. A fresh CPI reading on Thursday is expected to dictate how much more aggressive the Federal Reserve will get with its interest rate hiking plans, which are already the most combative in decades. The consequential economic release will hold even greater significance after the Labor Department’s September jobs report on Friday suggested officials have further r

Micron falls on lowered revenue forecast* Semiconductor stocks drop for third session* Novavax tumbles after cutting revenue view by halfNEW YORK, Aug 9 (Reuters) - The Nasdaq closed down on Tuesday after a dismal forecast from Micron Technology pulled chip makers and tech stocks lower as investors await U.S. inflation data that could lead the Federal Reserve to further tighten its efforts to curb inflation.High inflation numbers on Wednesday, following last week's blowout jobs report, would likely stop the Fed from easing interest rates hikes anytime soon and halt the market's rally off mid-June lows.Traders see a 68.5% chance of the Fed raising rates by 75 basis points in September, in what would be its third big hike in a row.Adding to concerns of a tight labor market and runaway inflat

AMTD International+14.29%PostAMTD Digital Inc.+6.61%PostAMTD Idea (AMTD) and AMTD Digital (HKD) are both jumping today.AMTD Digital is a subsidiary of AMTD Idea.HKD stock is being viewed by some as a metaverse play.AMTD Idea (NYSE:AMTD) and AMTD Digital (NYSE:HKD) are both jumping on Tuesday regular trading hours, with AMTD stock soaring more than 236% to $7 and HKD stock advancing 126% to $1679. Hong Kong-based AMTD Idea is an investment bank, while its subsidiary, AMTD Digital, has created digital tools that perform functions related to financial services.One of AMTD Digital’s tools, AMTD SpiderNet, is being labeled by some as a metaverse. InvestorPlacecontributor Dana Blankenhorn reported that SpiderNet seeks “to connect all AMTD’s financial operations and intellectual property into a c

E-mini S&P 500 - main 2212+0.15%E-mini Nasdaq 100 - main 2212+0.15%The world's richest man worries about the Federal Reserve's aggressive rate hikes to fight inflation.The markets are slumping as investors worry about the consequences of the Federal Reserve's aggressive interest-rate hikes, designed to fight aninflationrate that's the highest in 40 years.The feverishness of investors was marked by the Sept. 13 equity-market rout that followed a report confirming that inflation is not easing.This hotter-than-expected inflation report wiped almost $1.6 trillion from theS&P 500, marking the worst session for U.S. stocks since June 2020.The rout particularly affected risky assets such as technology groups. The Nasdaq 100 lost more than 5.5%.The inflation report bolstered investors' exp