Contrarian Outlook

Don’t be fooled: imitating the picks of famous stock pickers is a road to retirement ruin.I get it: gurus like Warren Buffett, Dan Loeb and Ken Fisher are the cream of the crop. Too bad the big...

At some point, someone probably gave you the following investment “advice”—or some version of it:“All you need to do to make money in stocks is buy a company with a big-name...

The headlines say it all: the economy is slowing down, right?And with stocks soaring—up 11% year to date—we must be headed for a correction. Both statements would be off the mark. Because...

That dip didn’t last long, did it?The S&P 500 is back around 2,800, the Dow is back around 26,000, and stocks – which frankly were never really “cheap” even in the December...

Today I’m going to peer into my crystal ball and give you the scoop on where high-yield closed-end funds (CEFs) might be headed in 2019.Then I’ll give you a proven way to zero in on the...

A stock’s yield is only as good as its cash flow because, after all, a dividend is nothing more than a promise from a company.CenturyLink (NYSE:CTL) recently reminded us of this. Its promised...

Let’s jump into the Kraft-Heinz (KHC) mess—because it tells us a lot about how to protect our nest egg from a Dumpster fire just like it in the future.“Dumpster fire” is no...

Here’s something that might surprise you about gold: closed-end fund (CEF) managers—at least those I speak to—pay little attention to it.We’ll dive into why right now. Then...

The stock market is way up and ironically, that’s terrible news for us dividend investors. Yields are in the tank yet again. The S&P 500 pays a measly 1.9% today. If you have a...

We contrarians stayed calm through the market’s fourth quarter hissy fit. We not only held onto our shares through November and December but we also added dividend payers opportunistically to...

Stock-market selloffs provide great times to buy big dividends. The stock market was a relentlessly receding tide in the fourth quarter, which is bad for “buy and hope” investors but quite...

Most income investors find their way to business development companies (BDCs) by screening or searching for big yields. And there’s no doubt these listed payouts do appear impressive! Here are...

If you’re worried that stocks are expensive again, well, they are. The current bull market is making a run at history. But it’s also costly to stay in cash (and lock in zero income)....

The 2019 rebound has done a lot to revive most people’s portfolios. But there’s a new trap you need to dodge as the market ticks up: the risk you’ll stumble into an overbought stock...

Most dividend investors understandably love the idea of an 8% No Withdrawal Portfolio. It’s a simple yet “game changing” idea that you don’t hear much from mainstream pundits...

Wondering if it’s too late to jump on this market recovery? I have great news: it absolutely is not.But you won’t reap the biggest gains by, say, putting cash into your typical S&P 500...