Contrarian Outlook

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...

If you’re like me, you regularly hear from friends who brag about how they’ve successfully timed the market in the past. What these folks will never tell you is the number of times...

American novelist William Faulkner once said, “In writing, you must kill your darlings”. It was a warning to other writers not to get too attached to their manuscripts, or their...

It’s a bull market in military budgets, to put it lightly. So, let’s talk about my favorite defense stock dividend for the rest of 2022 and, really, the 2020s.The US defense budget for...

Just a couple weeks ago, many folks thought they had lots of time to grab beaten-down stocks like Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) and Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT).Since then, these blue-chips have really...

I’m always shocked when dividend investors ignore tech stocks. Which means I’m shocked a lot, because pretty well all income-seekers do it!That’s because most folks still think of...

Rreal estate investment trusts (REITs) are still delivering roughly twice the income of the broader market. And that’s just the sector average.Interest rates are rising, and “common...

Over the last few months, I’ve seen dividend investors make the same mistake over and over: they constantly forget that the stock market always looks forward, not backward.Making this easy...

“Brett, what do you think of SCHD?”As soon as I heard the “C” I figured we were talking Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF (NYSE:SCHD). (Your income strategist can typically...

I hear from readers of my Hidden Yields dividend-growth service all the time—and many are wondering why their “dividend guy” has suddenly become a “cash guy”!Truth is,...