Contrarian Outlook Analysis

Rates To Zero, REITs To The Sky? 3 Cheap Landlords Paying 5% To 6% By Brett Owens - Nov 08, 2019

Are interest rates heading to zero in the US? Or, dare I say, negative range?I don’t think so. But if they do, real estate investment trusts (REITs) are going to absolutely skyrocket. This...

How To Invest For Safe 6.9% Dividends In 2020 By Michael Foster - Nov 07, 2019

There’s a quiet shift happening in the market—and today I’m going to show you how to tap it for further gains. (And I’ll reveal a closed-end fund paying a safe 6.9% dividend,...

10 Stock Yields Up To 15.4%: Can You Spot The Safe One? By Brett Owens - Nov 06, 2019 1

Most stocks that pay more than 10% are, honestly, trash. Their yields usually look big because their stocks have split once or twice “the wrong way.” Take Tupperware Brands (NYSE:TUP), for...

Why You Need To Sell 2 So-Called “Safe” Dividends Circling The Drain Now By Michael Foster - Nov 04, 2019

It’s been a terrific year for one specific group of funds—and that means, if you’re one of many people who own them, you need to be very careful.I’m talking about senior-loan...

Is This $4,424 Monthly Dividend Paycheck Real? By Brett Owens - Nov 01, 2019

I recently illustrated the dangers of trusting the Dividend Aristocrats to take care of your retirement needs. Their average yield of 2.4% is a fraction of what you’ll need to retire on dividend...

Forget Index Funds: Buy This For 316% Gains, 7% Dividends By Michael Foster - Oct 31, 2019

It’s a line you’ve no doubt heard before. It goes like this: “The market is too efficient to beat, so you may as well just park your cash in a low-cost index fund and call it a...

These 21 Safe Funds Pay Monthly, Never Go Down By Brett Owens - Oct 30, 2019

“Brett, give me some bond funds with big yields. And it’d be great if their prices never went down!”My money manager friend was chasing the holy grail of retirement income. He wanted...

A Secret Way To Buy Apple (With A 9.2% Dividend) By Michael Foster - Oct 28, 2019 1

I run across “buy and hope” investors all the time. You know the type: they latch on to a big-name stock, like Visa (NYSE:V) or Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRKa) and “hope” for...

6 Best And Worst Dividend Aristocrats By Brett Owens - Oct 25, 2019

Dividend yields are so low today that dividend growth is actually becoming cool. Income investors are combing over “Dividend Aristocrats”–stocks that have raised their payouts for 25...

OHI Is Back: This 6% Payer Is Raising Its Dividend Again By Brett Owens - Oct 23, 2019

Our healthcare landlord Omega Healthcare Investors (NYSE:OHI) is officially back. This 6% dividend has upside once again. We are about to receive our first payout raise since early 2018, which ends...

How I Plan To Grow My Money 2X (With 50% More Dividends) By Brett Owens - Oct 22, 2019

I know you’ve got cash lying around you’d love to double. Heck, even the most buttoned-down investor wouldn’t turn down a quick 2X gain.So let’s go ahead and double your...

The 8.6% Dividend Your Advisor Hides From You By Michael Foster - Oct 21, 2019

When I show people how closed-end funds (CEFs) can hand them safe 7% yields and let them retire on much less than a million bucks, they often say one thing:“Why the heck hasn’t my...

Small Biz, Massive Cash: BDCs Yielding Up To 11.8% By Brett Owens - Oct 18, 2019

Income investors have been crushed this year. Bond yields are down and stocks pay less and less “dividend per dollar” with each rally. But there’s still one little-known corner of...

This Surprising Fund Has Soared 59% By Michael Foster - Oct 17, 2019

If you own closed-end funds (CEFs), I have great news: equity CEFs are doing exactly what we want them to: crushing the market while handing us 7%+ dividends. (And if you’re not yet in CEFs, or...

1 REIT To Avoid And 2 Better Stock Picks By Brett Owens - Oct 16, 2019

Investors have finally pitched a tent above the WeWork (NYSE:WEWK) circus. Should we REIT (real estate investment trust) shareholders be concerned about a fallout? The stock was touted in some...

My Personal Strategy For 7.6% Dividends, 95% Upside By Brett Owens - Oct 15, 2019

I don’t know why you’d mess around with dividend reinvestment plans (DRIPs) when you can “automatically” bag a 7.6%+ income stream and 95% upside with the strategy I’ll...

These 335 Funds Have Never Lost (And Yield 7%) By Michael Foster - Oct 14, 2019

If you’re stuck with measly dividends from stocks or Treasuries, closed-end funds (CEFs) are the answer.After all, these funds yield an amazing 7%, on average, and they let you buy in at a...