I have been building income portfolios for 20 years.
These portfolios use different types of investments that are suited for many goals.
Here are some common goals.
Retirees want to earn income on their cash as they spend.
People who are saving for a home, car or vacation.
Some cash you have that you don’t know what you want to do.
I will talk about lots of different options some of which are not that common but provide good returns nonetheless. Examples are:
Money Market Funds.
Preferred Stocks.
REITs and MLPs.
Treasury Bonds.
Municipal Bonds
Income ETFs
Cryptocurrencies
Common Stocks.
Option Income.
I fully explain each investment and how a portfolio can benefit you, including the risks and return profile.
This is a complex issue. I would point out that just about anyone can game the system by limiting income realized from wealth. (You need a certain amount of assets, but you don't need to be a billionaire).
The political class has so fetishized income as the "be-all" determinate of well-being that they missed the boat on wealth.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Jeff Bezos: "The billionaires are not paying based on their wealth. They have figured out lots of schemes, how to take advantage of our tax code."
This took me time to learn and appreciate. Stocks are driven by earnings. I looked at the earnings estimates for the top 10 stocks and also the S&P (you can look these up on Yahoo! Finance).
The estimates in the past 90 days have been raised for this year and next year for all of them. You might not want to buy now “at the top”, but evidence suggests stocks will be higher next year.
@NotA_Bull I am with you on this, the valuation is among the attractive ones in the tech space. But also note that earnings growth this year is only 8%. It may take time.