Contrarian Outlook

There’s nothing worse than watching your cash drain away in a downturn—especially if you’re near retirement and don’t have the time to bounce back. That’s why I’m...

Big brand names can’t rely on their past “glory days” forever. Today we’re going to make sure you don’t hold any “household name has beens” in your retirement...

Where are we to put our money in this levitating market—and how do we dodge the (many) overpriced stocks (and funds) ready for a fall?Today I’m going to answer both questions, with one...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

“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...

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...