Contrarian Outlook

Readers often ask me how to build a portfolio that holds its own in down times but hands them more income than the measly 2.6% long-term US Treasuries pay.So today I’ll show you how to do that....

If you’re worried that stocks are expensive, 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)....

If you’re like most folks, you’re so used to collecting dividends quarterly that it may not have occurred to you that your portfolio can pay you every month.But it’s true, thanks to...

Today I’m going to show you how to tap safe dividends so massive, they were only available once before in in our lifetimes—and even then for mere days!The dividend yields I’m talking...

If you want to clobber the stock market – and double your money every two or three years – then buying companies with accelerating dividends is the easiest and safest way to do it.And...

A little over two months ago, in an article for Contrarian Outlook, I spotlighted a nice short-term buying opportunity in the PIMCO Global StocksPLUS & Income Fund (NYSE:PGP).PGP, with its 9.4%...

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...