Contrarian Outlook

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

You’ve probably heard by now that investing just got a little bit cheaper. Now cheaper isn’t necessarily better, especially for those of us hunting for safe, meaningful yields to fund our...

New funds are rare in the closed-end fund (CEF) world. But there’s a new kid on the block throwing off a monthly 6% dividend. Today we’re going to run through this new fund to see if it...

Worried that potential impeachment trials are going to pressure your retirement portfolio? It’s a fair concern. So, let’s talk about ways to protect our stocks and bonds from political...

If you’re like most income investors right now, you’ve got one eye on this twitchy market—and the other on red flags like slumping manufacturing numbers, chaos in DC and even the...

If you’re like many folks, you might be looking at your stock gains this year and dreading the tax bill headed your way in 2020.That makes now a great time to consider the only (tax-) free lunch...

A blue-chip dividend portfolio pays about 2% today. Put a million bucks into a bucket of these stocks and you’ll bank just $20,000 in yearly dividends. That’s barely extra change–on...