Contrarian Outlook

By now you’ve likely heard that September is the worst month for stocks. It’s all over the media! But September is also a great time to buy a unique type of dividend fund that cashes in...

We aren’t falling for this 'head fake' oil plunge. Instead we’re buying what I like to call the 'Biden barrel discount'—grabbing beaten-down oil stocks with surging...

Whether you own a Treasury or the typical dividend stock these days, you’re still losing money after inflation.I know what you’re thinking: tell me something I don’t know! But...

The market’s reaction to Jay Powell’s “hawkish” Jackson Hole rant was interesting. He spoke for eight minutes. Stocks crashed for the rest of the trading session and have...

One of the market’s smartest contrarian players just made a shocking move—and we dividend investors need to pay attention.The contrarian in question? PIMCO, the company that revolutionized...

Relax. You might already have enough money to retire on.My favorite dividend stocks let people retire comfortably on $600,000 or so. Got more cash? Great! You’re in elite company. Fidelity...

There’s a group of dividend stocks out there that are set to skyrocket as the new “Biden buyback tax” rolls in.These “dividend moonshots” are hiding in plain sight. Most...

Let’s not be idiots chasing this bear market rally. OK?Safe dividend stocks, fine. That’s what we’re going to talk about today. A trio of stability and sanity that doesn’t care...

There’s a group of dividend payers out there whose businesses are doing better than they were before the COVID mess, but their stocks are still ridiculously cheap today.Best of all, we...

Sell ‘em if you got ‘em.And c’mon, we all have ‘em. Let’s think back a few months. Which stocks are we still holding now that we wish we had sold then? I’m talking...

Bad news for your friends who only own “America’s ticker”—the S&P 500. We’re set up for a September swoon that could easily send the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSE:SPY)...

When the market goes into the dumpster like it has in the last few months, one group of folks have an advantage: those who hold high-yield closed-end funds (CEFs).If you haven’t already, now is...

The world needs to produce more food to feed everyone in the years ahead. Period.Food shortages are likely to be an unfortunate megatrend of the 2020s. Rising food demand is intersecting with another...

This market crash has served up some terrific opportunities in closed-end funds (CEFs), many of which are throwing off safe 7%+ dividends today.Dividends of that size, of course, are critical today,...

I’m proud to report that, for the first time in months, I “only” paid $100 for gas.There was a catch. The pump had a $100 credit card limit! Which begs the follow up question: Does...

Fed Chair Jay Powell is probably going to hike us straight into a recession—and even then, Jay still may not get the 2% inflation he’s hunting for.Why? Because the supply-chain chaos...