Contrarian Outlook

The 10-Year Treasury yield is holding at 2.85%, but another run to 3% is coming soon. Let’s use this breather to sell our weakest dividends and replace them with stocks that should actually head...

Real estate investment trusts (REITs) are as cheap as they’ve been since the financial crisis right now. The sector as a whole has been battered for more than half a year, driving yields on the...

Today I’m going to show you 3 funds that give you an income stream the taxman cannot touch.These 5% dividends get even more exciting when you see their “real” yields, thanks to that...

The Fed funds rate is 0.25% higher now than it was this time last week. What does this mean for our income investments – especially our monthly dividend payers?We’ll explore in a minute....

A few weeks back, I revealed my proven 3-step process for a “do-it-yourself” 10% dividend yield.I’ll sum it up for you in 5 words: buy stocks with “accelerating”...

Today I’m going to show you 4 funds that, when put together, give you a juicy 7.2% dividend yield.And that’s just the start. In addition to giving you $595 per month in income for every...

One down, two to go.The Federal Reserve launched yet another interest-rate hike after its mid-March policy meeting – the sixth such increase since December 2016, and what the Fed anticipates...

If you’re planning to retire (or are currently retired), I urge you to become intimately familiar with monthly dividend stocks. They offer the ultimate consideration: income payments that...

Inflation fever is back! And today I’m going to show you a “one-click” way to cash in with a quick gain and a 7.7% cash dividend too.First, you may have been under the impression...

Last month, I handpicked a four-pack of dividend growers for a select group of subscribers. On the surface, our February mini-portfolio had an impressive pedigree. It yielded 2.2% annually and boasted...

Worried that President Trump’s tariff threats will ignite a disastrous trade war?I have great news for you, because the best way to protect your portfolio—and profit—in times like...

One of the greatest things about closed-end funds (CEFs) is that they often cost less than they’re really worth.And no, I’m not basing that on some obscure metric—I’m literally...

If the virtues and importance of dividend growth weren’t etched into your brain already, let’s consider February’s example. (Then we’ll outline ten imminent hikes coming in...

With earnings season in the rear-view and the end of the first quarter looming, you’re probably asking yourself one thing right now…… just how good is the stock market? I’ll...

Municipal bonds are off to a slow start in 2018 – which is usually a bullish sign for these tax-free payers.We last “pounded the table” on munis in December 2016. They were coming...

Ignore the pundits’ petrified bleating over rising interest rates. Sure, the yield on the 10-Year Treasury has spiked to 2.9%, but you’re still not retiring on it!Look at it this way: if...