Contrarian Outlook

When I talk to investors these days, I hear three main reasons why they’re feeling unsettled. All three fears are interconnected (and none of them will likely surprise you!): inflation, the...

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Friday morning, I mentioned to my wife that it was time for us to log into her 401(k) and move it back into stocks. "Funny," she said. "On NPR they just mentioned that money managers are moving into...

A contrarian indicator just flashed, and it’s telling us that now is the time to buy one of my favorite high-yield investments: closed-end funds (CEFs). Today we’re going to look at three...

We need to talk about a mistake almost every investor makes—and it’s a particularly easy trap to fall into today.That would be letting the headlines push us to make investing decisions out...

Give the wine time to breathe (or, if short on time, speed the process with a decanter).We should apply the same lesson to the dividend stocks we buy. Larry B. reminded me of this when he wrote in,...

Dividend stocks reward us with more than just cash flow. They actually benefit our retirement portfolios in four ways:A high current yield for meaningful cash flow today. In a moment we’ll...

It probably won’t surprise you to hear that I’m hearing from a lot of investors who are concerned about protecting their portfolios, and their income streams, from the worrying times...

Russia’s reckless (and, sadly, increasingly ruthless) invasion of Ukraine has put a spotlight squarely on the commodity markets. Many of them have already taken off to the moon. Crude oil, of...

Ignore the overtorqued headlines about inflation: even though prices are rising, they won’t take out the economy.In fact, rising inflation is setting us up with a contrarian opportunity to grab...

"Mom, please make sure you secure your mask first before assisting the kiddos." We receive this reminder every flight from at least one flight attendant. Mom receives the reminder while your income...

When a market storm hits, we dividend investors can protect our wealth and grab steady payouts when we buy stocks backed by strong recurring revenue.It’s one of the oldest business models there...

This market’s insistence on falling—even though earnings are soaring—has opened up a strong buying opportunity for us dividend investors.And we’re going to tap it to grab a...

Over longer time periods, dividend stock prices tend to follow their dividends—for better or for worse.Sometimes, the stock price gets there first. This can be a race to the sky, in the case of...

These are trying times, so let’s talk about how we’re going to protect our retirement (and our families’ futures) as market volatility increases.The Ukraine crisis is, of course,...

Lets talk about protecting our retirement portfolios and finding safe dividend stocks.It’s hard to see how the conflict in Ukraine ends quickly. If things take another turn for the worse,...