Contrarian Outlook

Get ready, my fellow contrarians—QQQ “amateur season” is approaching! If you watch as much March basketball as I do, you’re about to hear this repeated hundreds of...

If I can give you just one piece of advice to start 2023, it’s this: do not trust your dividend income to ETFs!It’s one of the biggest mistakes I see people make—especially with the...

We’ve seen a big bounce (and 12%+ dividends!) in one particular type of closed-end fund (CEF) this year—and all of my buy indicators suggest this profitable play is still in its early...

We’ve been getting several questions from CEF investors in the last few weeks about the return of capital, or ROC.This is a measure that shows up regularly with CEF dividends—and it makes...

A few weeks back, bond giant PIMCO trimmed a bunch of payouts from its closed-end funds (CEFs). Which was no bueno for income investors, who buy CEFs solely for their dividends.We don’t own any...

If 2022 taught us anything, it’s that we need to swing our portfolios away from this:We’re Fading “Cardiac” Share-Price Action Like This That’s the chart of...

Imagine what you could do with a 19% dividend.To be clear, any dividend that high simply isn’t sustainable. So if you do see one, I don’t recommend buying it. Still, the thought’s...

Today we’ll discuss a duo of cheap dividend stocks paying 11.2%. And, for good measure, we’ll throw in another bargain even though it “only” yields 9.5%.I jest because I love....

These days, it seems like every investor is chasing that one big thing that will make them rich—the newest stock, technology, fad or whatever.We contrarian dividend investors know these folks...

Look, we’re probably going to see a recession in 2023. And if you’re like most folks, you’re wondering how to respond.Here’s the good news: overall I see a much better year...

As I write this, stocks are in the process of giving back some of their “New Year’s bounce,”—and I’m hearing from folks who are worried that 2023 will be another 2022.I...

There’s a quiet shift happening in closed-end funds (CEFs)—and it’s primed to give those who buy now some very nice upside in 2023.And that’s in addition to the rich 7%+...

$500K can be enough money to retire on. Even as early as age 50!The trick is to convert the pile of cash into cash flow that can pay the bills. I’m talking about $35,000 to $40,000 per year or...

As dividend investors, safe payouts are our No. 1 (and 2! and 3!) priority. And with interest rates soaring and a recession looming, we’re going to be bigger sticklers than ever about this in...

Today we’re going to build ourselves a portfolio that hands us a 10.5% yield. And we’re going to do it with just three funds.The appeal of a 10.5% payout is tough to deny: when...

Shall we turn 2023 into a bounce-back year for our retirement portfolios?How about we shoot for, say, 23% total returns? The surest way to do it is by employing a technique I call the dividend...