Contrarian Outlook

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...

There are three big overlooked trends in the stock market now, and by tapping each one, we can set ourselves up for some very nice long-term gains in my favorite high-yield vehicles: closed-end funds...

Retirement is simple (we stop working). But it’s not necessarily easy (build up a passive income stream that replaces our previous wages).Retiring on dividends is my jam. Payouts that arrive...

Hands up if you’ve been caught out by a snap dividend cut. Then you know the sickening feeling as investors dump the stock, tanking its price on the way out.The result? A shriveled income stream...

This market has reached a once-in-two-year turning point. And it’s made our favorite income investments—closed-end funds (CEFs)—terrific contrarian buys.That’s because the best...

Looking for the Dogs of the Dow, 2023 edition? You came to the right place.We’ll explore these 10 blue-chip dividend bargains in a moment. Collectively, they are yielding 4.5%! But first, a...

Investors often ask me when it’s time to sell a closed-end fund (CEF)—or what to look for in a CEF they should avoid buying in the first place.With 2023 now dawning, bringing a raft of...

It’s rare to see two bad years in a row. I have a hunch that 2023 may rhyme with 2009. Bear markets don’t usually last longer than a year. A spectacular shakeout early in the year could...

I heard the same question from readers all through 2022: when will we back up the truck and start buying again?Your dividend strategist sympathizes. We “pivoted” early, starting back in...

There’s a disconnect setting up in the energy market that’s a flashing yellow light for investors—particularly if you’ve been playing high-flying oil stocks in 2022.That would...

By Jeff ReevesThere’s no doubt that 2022 was the year of energy, as the Russian invasion of Ukraine caused supply shocks that sent oil and gas prices soaring. But with inflation data more muted...

Sure, 2023 brings a lot of uncertainties, but one thing we can be sure of is that buying stocks now—particularly if you do so through high-yield closed-end funds (CEFs)—will likely pay off...

A terrible 2022 is our income threat. There’s never been a better time to retire on dividends than right now.Today we’re going to spotlight three diversified dividend funds that yield 8%...

Today I’m going to show you a two-part dividend-growth strategy that made money for one group of investors in the disastrous year 2008.Before we get into the specifics of this technique and an...