Contrarian Outlook

Few people would put the words “artificial intelligence” and “big dividends” in the same sentence—but those folks have never heard of closed-end funds (CEFs)!These...

Do you also believe that a recession is on the way?Note that we’re not saying when. Maybe later 2023. Or 2024. For sure 2025. We are good economists. Casting out predictions without set...

Here’s some great news as we head into the summer market doldrums: we’ve got a terrific setup to buy, with stocks rallying, economic data strong—and the S&P 500 (and many...

TV personality Suze Orman has bad news for anyone hoping to escape the rat race: they’ll probably have to wait until they’re over 70.In a recent interview, the host of the Suze Orman Show...

If retirement gets any better than monthly dividend payers then, well, I don’t want to know about it.Seriously. I’m a simple guy! Pay me every 30 days and I’ll smile and shut up. And...

There’s a “secret” floating around no economist or pundit wants to admit: all the usual measures of predicting the economy’s direction are broken.That’s ushered in a...

Retiring on dividends. It’s the income investors’ dream, right?It sure beats working for the rest of our lives! Check out this July 2023 income summary, courtesy of Income Calendar, a...

Don’t buy Jay Powell’s tough-guy act. This rate-hike cycle is on its last legs. And that’s opening up an opportunity for us to grab high—and growing—cash payouts in a...

Stop me if you’ve heard this one: “If you buy a high-yielding investment, your big yield won’t last because they’ll cut dividends.”I hear it a lot, so let’s talk...

Let’s talk about legitimate financial engineering today. An easy, real and (honestly) no-brainer move to boost a timid 2.5% yield into an 8.4% dividend.Just type this ticker, not that ticker,...

Forget the latest blather from the Fed: folks just trying to get a decent income stream are still getting a raw deal these days. Treasuries pay 3.7%. Stocks? Just 1.6%.Too bad inflation is at 4%, so...

The recession everyone’s been worrying about is still a mirage—and there’s a good chance it won’t become reality for a long time yet. That’s given us a nice momentum play...

There’s a $600-billion river of cash flowing straight out of Corporate America—and straight into some dividend investors’ pockets. Today we’re going to grab our share.Companies...

The stock market is coming off another sugar high, but REITs (real estate investment trusts) are still cheap. That’s great news to us income investors, who look past the piddly paying blue chips...

There’s a lot of rhetoric flying around about the debt ceiling these days, and it’s set up a very nice opportunity for us to buy a 7%-yielding closed-end fund (CEF) we always have on our...

Vanilla energy bulls stare at XLE (NYSE:XLE). So basic.Meanwhile, we “second-level” contrarians consider NRGX as a high-yield play on higher oil prices. What’s the difference? Well,...