Contrarian Outlook

Real estate investment trusts (REITs) are retirement makers right now. Many are paying dividends that are three or even four times the market average.Plus, these landlords are cheap. They are trading...

Let’s use this November rally to “front-run” even bigger gains in 2023. Our target buys: closed-end funds (CEFs) yielding 10%+ and trading at double-digit discounts.We’re keen...

One week ago, money-printer-turned-inflation-hawk Jay Powell told the world he was going to keep hiking interest rates. And more than he thought his Federal Reserve needed just two months ago.Yes,...

We’ve finally got something (two things, in fact!) working for us dividend investors in this dumpster-fire market:The midterm elections, which always bring a buying opportunity (as we’ll...

Jerome Powell’s latest trip before the microphone has opened up a surprising opportunity for us dividend investors.I have three funds for you that are deeply discounted in the wake of the Fed...

As contrarian income seekers we buy when yields are high and prices are low. Today, we’re going to explore a three-pack of dividend funds that pays 8.5%.This is “retire in style”...

Today’s market is ideal for us to grab stock-focused closed-end funds (CEFs) paying outsized 10%+ dividends. Here are three (of many!) reasons why:CEFs’ dividend yields are through the...

$500,000 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...

We contrarian dividend buyers love it when an insider loads up on their own (ideally washed out!) stock. Especially when that stock is:Throwing off its highest yield in years. Growing its payout at a...

Rarely do we get a buying opportunity in high-yielding closed-end funds (CEFs) like the one we have now. Thanks to the selloff, many CEFs trade at deep discounts and pay outsized yields upwards of 9%...

Vanilla investors are selling. Which means we income-focused contrarians are buying.Our goal, after all, is to retire on dividends. So why would we run from the biggest dividends that Mr. and Ms....

It’s nearly 2023, and we’re on the precipice of something that’s never happened in our lifetimes: a recession is coming—and when it does, it will surprise no one.Believe it or...

The Bank of England has recently aroused financial animal spirits with its on and off and on again buying of long-dated bonds. Which has this 8.8% payer—and more like it—ready to rally...

Utility dividends haven’t been this generous in years. Thank you, stock market selloff!These yield machines have been expensive for a while. Today, utility stocks are finally cheap—and...

I love dividend stocks that analysts hate. For two reasons:By definition, they can’t be downgraded. In weak moments, they are candidates to be upgraded. And since vanilla investors, for whatever...

A recession is on the way—and stocks are … rallying? It makes zero sense on the surface, but there is good reason for the bounce we’ve seen this week. And we’re going to play...