Contrarian Outlook

We’re just three weeks into 2020 and it’s already a dividend wasteland!Happy New Year! Enjoy Your 1.7% Dividend Drop $500K into the typical (miserly) S&P 500 stock today and...

It’s the No. 1 retirement question: how much income do you need to quit the 9 to 5?Today I’m going to help you find your number. The best place to start is by asking yourself how your...

Income hunters that made their way into real estate investment trusts (REITs) at the start of 2019 are rolling in more than rent checks right now. Not only did they enjoy the sector’s generous...

Today I’m going to show you how one lucky group of investors nailed a once-in-a-lifetime shot at a huge, tax-free dividend stream and a quick 18% gain, too!Well, not exactly...

I hope last week’s Iran head-fake didn’t have you thinking about buying so-called “safe” dividends like Treasuries. Because these tired income standbys aren’t safe at...

Today we’re going to talk about the biggest threat to your portfolio (and dividends!) you face in 2020.It’s not a recession. It’s a near-irresistible human impulse—purposely...

The “race to zero” heats up again. You’ve surely heard that Vanguard is now slicing and dicing its already-low fees and commissions. That sounds great, but in reality, the low-fee...

Let’s cut through the thousands of market predictions out there and dive into what’s really ahead for your dividends in 2020. We’ll also discuss two things that should be high on...

Think we’re stuck with pathetic dividends and sluggish growth in 2020?I get it. Many folks I talk to see the coming year this way. Some are even selling stocks, in a doomed effort to “lock...

The New Year is here, which means it’s once again time to revisit a contrarian (and income) investing tradition: The “Dogs of the Dow.”This simple yet famous dividend strategy...

If you’ve been holding the Cohen & Steers Quality Income Realty Fund (RQI)—a fund I wrote about a lot in 2019—you’ve done very well indeed. RQI has dominated, with its...

Are we kicking off another episode of the “Roaring 20s” today?Who knows. Nobody really predicted the 2010s would be an end-to-end bull market. Yet the most hated rally of all-time resulted...

Right now, with 2020 just hours out, is the perfect time to show you my two-step dividend strategy for the year ahead.We’ll also dive into four specific stocks and funds to buy. They’ll...

I don’t blame you if you think stock picking boils down to a choice between income or growth. That’s how the financial media has framed it for years.But it’s not. Not by a long shot....

With the whipsawing market we saw in early December—and now a snap back to near all-time highs—now is the perfect time to talk about one of the biggest questions you’ll face as a...

Make no mistake: now is the perfect time to set ourselves up for 7%+ dividends, along with serious upside—I’m talking total returns well into the triple digits!The key is my easy...