Contrarian Outlook

Look, I’m as ready for this selloff to end as you are. And when stocks drop—sending dividend yields skyward—I so badly want to back up the truck.As value-focused dividend investors,...

Look, I know this inflation-panicked market is frustrating. But despite the endless doomsaying from the pundits, there is good news: if you’re investing for income and have a long time horizon,...

Get your dip-buying lists ready, because it’s almost time to pounce.Just recently, I explained to investors that, as a contrarian, we only want to fully dive into the market when we have a clear...

As difficult as this selloff has been for all of us, it has left some attractive (and discounted) dividends on the board, especially in high-yield closed-end funds (CEFs).I know it’s tough to...

Attention, growth investors! A quick stock market question for you. (Dividend people, you are welcome to play, too.)Take a quick peek at the chart below. The lines are revenue gains over the past 12...

Look, I know it’s heartbreaking to invest in this dumpster-fire market. Heck, even if you do everything right and only buy top-quality dividend stocks, they still seem to plunge a day (or two at...

There’s a glaring disconnect out there between the health of the economy (still strong) and the mood of investors (terrible). It’s opened a window for us to grab some solid closed-end...

There are few things that have a stronger hold on investors’ imagination than gold. When inflation and market volatility spike, many folks simply can’t resist the yellow metal’s...

What’s better than a 9.3% dividend stock? How about one that’s poised to pop as interest rates rise?Business development companies, or BDCs for short, are overlooked by most income...

Here’s some advice you might be surprised to hear from an investment-newsletter writer: Do NOT buy stocks right now.That is, unless you can answer an emphatic “yes!” to these three...

When markets are down, there’s one group of investors who can shrug off the dip because they don’t need to sell. You’re no doubt part of this group—I’m talking about...

The point of a bear market is to bring price-to-earnings (P/E) ratios back down to earth. Preferably into single digits.I like P/Es under ten because it means that the company at least has a chance to...

If you’re looking for 9%+ dividends and an income stream you can retire on without selling shares from your portfolio, closed-end funds (CEFs) are handing you a superb opportunity...

We’ve been extolling cash in these pages since the start of this year. As the Federal Reserve prepared to pause its money printer, we contrarians booked profits and stacked dollar bills.Long...

In the current environment, with more downside likely to come, one of the best things you and I can do is nothing.…or at least, next to nothing. I recently wrote about the virtues of a...

Today I want to show you how to build a “three-click” income portfolio that gives us three things every income investor craves, especially these days:Big discounts on our investments. Big...