It’s a good idea to include a mix of growth and dividend stocks within your investment portfolio.The rowth stocks provide the portfolio with long-term capital appreciation while the dividend ones provide a steady stream of passive income.When it comes to dividends, REITsare an asset class that pays out a flow of dependable distributions.What’s more, owning strong, well-managed REITs means you can enjoy a peaceful night’s sleep even if the economy takes a sudden dip.You should look out for REITs with favourable characteristics such as a strong sponsor, a good track record of increasing distributions, and with quality assets that can withstand downturns.Here are three recession-resistant REITs you can add to your watchlist.Frasers Centrepoint Trust (SGX: J69U)Frasers

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Tuesday the company plans to cut 10,000 employees.The company laid off more than 11,000 employees in November.Zuckerberg has pitched 2023 as Meta’s “year of efficiency.”The CEO previously told analysts Meta plans “on cutting projects that aren’t performing or may no longer be crucial” while simultaneously “removing layers of middle management to make decisions faster.”Meta will lay off 10,000 more workers and incur restructuring costs ranging from $3 billion to $5 billion, the company announced Tuesday, with CEO Mark Zuckerberg warning economic instability could continue for “many years.”“Here’s the timeline you should expect: over the next couple of months, org leaders will announce restructuring plans focused on flattening our orgs, canceling lower prior

Inventory decreased slightly last week.  Still, inventory decreased less than in 2019 at this time of year.  Here are the same week inventory changes for the last four years:2022: -2.2K2021: +6.2K2020: -7.6K2019: -6.5KInventory bottomed seasonally at the beginning of March 2022 and is now up 129% since then.  More than double!  Altos reports inventory is up 26.3% year-over-year.  Note: Inventory peaked this week in 2021.This inventory graph is courtesy of Altos Research.As of September 2nd, inventory was at 553 thousand (7-day average), compared to 555 thousand the prior week. Inventory was down 0.4% from the previous week. Inventory is still historically low. Compared to the same week in 2021, inventory is up 26.3% from 437 thousand, howev

Summary SoFi Technologies stock has been extremely volatile, bottoming in the $4's, spiking to nearly $8, and now back to the $5 range in just a few weeks. You can trade long and short, but on the next selloff in this bear market rally, you can accumulate. Expect an H2 2022 ramp in EBITDA. Q2 loans are strong despite the rate environment. Insiders sell stock for all sorts of reasons, but buy stock for only one, and insiders are buying SOFI. Matteo Colombo/DigitalVision via Getty ImagesIt kind of amazes us to see how much of a battleground stock SoFi Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:SOFI) has become. On the one side, you have bulls like us that see long-term potential for this disruptorto continue taking market share, reduce costs, and eventually turn a profit. Then, you have bears who consider t