Contrarian Outlook

There’s a quiet shift happening in the market, and we’re going to tap it for some big, and growing, dividends, plus serious price upside, too.Here’s what I mean: after tech ran the...

We’re contrarians first and foremost, so when we hear the latest “sure thing” from the mainstream crowd, we get more than a little suspicious.So it goes with the recent round of...

There’s $2 trillion in cash headed straight into the US economy, and today we’re going to grab a share, both in the form of price gains and dividends.I’m talking about the latest...

My friends and I couldn’t have been more excited about our college commencement speaker. Fresh off an electrifying cameo in the 2003 comedy movie Old School, James Carville’s next act was...

Today we’re going to bulk up our dividends—and position ourselves for some nice gains—with a group of stocks that pay us four ways as interest rates head skyward:By paying a...

Patriotism is rarely a good guide when making investment decisions, but these days it just might be, as Americans now have a terrific reason to buy US stocks.That would be a surge in vaccinations...

Anyone up for a 10.2% payout? One that is powered by profits that should actually rise alongside interest rates?If so, I’ve got a three-letter acronym for us: B-D-C. Business development...

One of the great things about closed-end funds (CEFs) is that there’s one out there we can use to tap just about any trend—and turn it into a nice 7.1%+ dividend payout.Take the surge in...

On Sunday night, our old friend exclaimed to my wife and me: “How have you all been??”It’d been, well, almost a year since we’d been to her bar. We had plenty to catch up on...

Stocks or bonds? Why choose when:Stocks pay just 1.5% Bonds pay just 1.3%, yet There are little-known hybrid instruments yielding up to 7.9%! These vehicles aren’t risky. They just happen to be...

The S&P 500 is still levitating, and if you’re like me, you’re starting to feel like this bull run is on borrowed time.It’s understandable. The economy is just now stumbling to...

With the market scraping all-time highs—and dividend yields scraping historic lows—you’re probably thinking there’s nowhere you can find big, safe dividends with at least some...

High-yield bonds have never paid less. Which is too bad, because let’s be honest—dividends are the reason we income investors wade in 'junk bond' waters in the first place.Fortunately, by...

Today we’re going to discuss the secret to double-digit annual returns every year, forever, with secure dividend stocks. It’s simple but not easy. Here’s the hint. We must seek out...

A wild year like 2020 is a great acid test for closed-end funds (CEFs)—and it can tell us a lot about which of these high-yield plays to pick (and avoid!) as we move deeper into 2021.A Split...

If we learned anything from 2020, it was the value of a few extra rolls of toilet paper. A close second? The reminder about the value of a reliable dividend.This lesson has been taught over and over....