Contrarian Outlook

The stock market is way up – and ironically, that’s terrible news for us dividend investors. Yields haven’t been this low in decades! The S&P 500 pays a measly 1.8% today. If you...

You’ve no doubt seen tons of articles splashed across the Web (over) hyping the hottest investing trends to jump on now. But which promising technologies can we actually tap for payouts and...

Pity the poor landlord, stuck with a boatload of hassles: late rent payments, missed payments, tenants who disappear, tenants who trash the place before they leave.The list of risks with owning rental...

How much money do you need to retire on dividends alone?This is a better question to ask than the typical “magic number” formula that most “first-level” thinking firms tout....

If you noticed American stocks selling off last week and you’re confused as to why, it’s because of an obscure corner of financial markets that might become one of the biggest stories of...

Moe Ansari, host of the popular Market Wrap radio show and podcast, asked me on air:“Brett, how do you find dividend paying stocks that will double your money?” He was intrigued enough by...

First-level investors are at it again, crowing that now is a great time to give the vaunted Dividend Aristocrats another look.(You’ve probably heard of these darlings of the income world:...

There’s been a massive discount building in a pocket of the market where you can get big dividends that are entirely tax-free.And I’m going to show you three “1-click” ways to...

The average yield among the 25 largest dividend exchange-traded funds is a meager 2.7% right now. That means if you plunked a $1 million on ETFs dedicated to dividend stocks, you’d only make...

What a year it’s been for oil!Oil Takes Off With a 43.5% climb in just a year, oil prices have blown by several technical levels to breach $70, and $80 is on the table by the end of the...

If you’re looking for tax-free yields, municipal (“muni”) bonds can provide you with 5%+ distributions that Uncle Sam won’t touch. With rates rising, it is a bit tricky to make...

Once again, almost everyone has gotten sucked in by a tired investor slogan that’s dead wrong—and it’s costing them big gains (and income).But that’s good news for contrarians...

If you’ve read the headlines about tech’s woeful slump in the past couple weeks, you might think stocks are out of favor.You’d be wrong—and this chart proves it: Forget the...

What do most exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and many blue-chip stocks have in common?They’re big, they’re popular with Wall Street pundits … and they don’t deliver nearly as...

120 Billion DollarsThat’s how much market cap Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) dumped over the side in a single day when the company crushed Wall Street’s hopes with a soft second-quarter earnings...

Remember the panic selling in February? It all seems silly now—the economy is surging, companies are beating high earnings expectations and American consumers are more confident than ever.And...