Contrarian Outlook

When it comes to closed-end funds (or any investment, for that matter), it pays to look for things most people misunderstand. Because these (seemingly) tiny investor oversights and errors can give us...

These 5.7% and 8.9% dividend payers are ready to rally.Whether they pop this year or next, we shall see. It’s a matter of when rather than if—which is what we gladly sign up for as income...

Let’s go ahead and grab a slice of AI’s furious growth and get ourselves a nice 6% dividend (paid monthly), too.Better still, we’re going to get in at an unheard-of 13% discount....

When I was a kid, I thought everyone on TV was rich. I know better now, of course, but it still strikes me when I hear stories of celebrities going broke, struggling to earn a living, or taking on...

Bull or bear? Who cares when we can collect dividends between 10.1% and 11.8%?That’s not a typo. The S&P 500 pays 1.7%. The 10-year Treasury yields two points more at 3.7%. That’s...

From what I can see, this year is setting up to be another 2016—and that’s likely to hand us a buying opportunity in our favorite high-yield investments: closed-end funds...

There is another.–Yoda The Jedi Master had last week’s 8.4% dividend in mind, no doubt. David Friar’s Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund (QQQX) is an elite 8%+ payer worthy of...

Natural gas prices have been completely washed out—and that’s set up some sweet dividend opportunities for us contrarians to tap into.(These opportunities aren’t just in gas, by the...

Recent headlines have spurred some readers to write in about China—specifically what rising tensions between Beijing and Washington (no thanks to the former’s ham-fisted spy-balloon...

Want to know the secret to retiring on dividends alone?Keep that capital intact. We invest to generate income. The more we have, the greater our potential payouts. So, losing the principle is a...

With the markets off to a hot start so far this year, it’s only natural to think things might get a little toppy. I get it—and the truth is, this market is not without the risk of a...

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...