Contrarian Outlook

It’s mid-2021, and stock prices are up, dividend yields are down, and you’re probably wondering what the heck to buy for a decent income stream as we thunder toward 2022.It’s a...

One of the so-called “rules” of income investing is that you can get a high dividend or a sustainable dividend from a stock or fund—but not both.And to be fair, that is true of some...

Preferred stocks are the little-known answer to the dividend question:How do I juice meaningful 5% to 6% yields from my favorite blue-chip stocks? “Common” blue chips stocks usually...

As I write this, the 14 funds in our CEF Insider portfolio yield a tidy 6.7%, on average. And while that’s down from the 7.5% average (and above) we’ve seen in the past, there’s a...

Collecting dividends is fun. Doubling our money is even better.From time to time, Mr. and Ms. Market will present us with a deal that includes payouts plus price upside. I’m talking about 50% to...

Let’s give ourselves a double shot of dividend and share-price growth by diving into a group of stocks I guarantee your friends are missing out on.I’m talking about financial...

Let’s break out of today’s zero-rate wasteland and help ourselves to huge, safe payouts yielding all the way up to 8.3%. And these massive payouts are tax-free too!And, no, we won’t...

Believe it or not, in today’s “no yield” world, there are still 845 stocks that boast dividend yields of 3%. And 34 that pay more than 10%!You Still Have OptionsNote: US-listed...

Imagine two closed-end funds (CEFs) that both yield upwards of 7%. Sounds great, right? Buy a bit of both and get $58.33 per month for every $10,000 you invest. Put in $500K and you’ve got a...

We individual investors have many edges on the Wall Street suits. Betting on the next government handout, however, is not one of them.Megatrends, on the other hand, are our wheelhouse. Professionals...

The retirement-income battle never ends! Last summer, we watched cautiously for the next dividend cut. This summer, we’re tracking inflation.No matter the worry, we can apply my “2-step...

Imagine getting $100 per month in passive income for every $10,000 you invest. That amounts to a $35,000 annual dividend stream with less than $300,000 saved.It’s not impossible. In fact,...

For the past few weeks, I’ve been drawing up a roadmap of how income investors like us can fend off inflation’s impending march.Utility stocks. small banks. Heck, small businesses. But...

Once folks get a taste of closed-end funds (CEFs), they typically rave about one thing: the dividends! Yields of 7% and up are common with CEFs, and they often come your way monthly.We also love the...

Unlike the broader market, REITs (real estate investment trusts) haven’t been messing around this year. The Vanguard Real Estate ETF (NYSE:VNQ) has convincingly broken out to new highs.For us...

When it comes right down to it, we dividend investors really only need three things:Bargain stocks with … High current yields and ideally … Monthly payouts—so we can line up our...