Contrarian Outlook

The stock market has a potential to be a hot mess this summer. Banks are failing. We’re heading towards the most telegraphed recession of all time. I could go on…But I’ll spare you...

You just can’t argue with the power of index investing, right?After all, index funds boast ultra-low fees and simply track the market. And since stocks return about 7% per year on average, you...

“We remain on track to deliver on our best in class 12% to 15% annual distribution per unit growth expectations…” Translation: We’re going to hike our dividend by 12% to 15%...

Interest rates are topping out—and it’s finally time for us contrarians to get greedy. We’ll start with a group of funds throwing off double-digit yields and trading at big...

We need to talk about “financial independence” for a second. It’s one of those catch-all terms you see a lot in financial-industry marketing, for good reason: it means completely...

What’s up with floating-rate funds? Why haven’t they all, well, floated higher in price as interest rates have risen over the past couple of years?Is there any hope that they’ll...

Look, we’re all contrarians here at Contrarian Outlook. It’s right in the name, after all. But even we contrarians have to pick our battles. Because sometimes what sounds like a canny...

The Wall Street Journal Reports:Retirees Turn to Dividend ETFs for IncomeFinancial advisers say investors shouldn’t just go for the fund with the highest dividend yield Gee, thanks. I have...

Let’s dive into two simple indicators that can tell us when a dividend stock is set to lurch higher. Once we’re through, I’m certain you’ll wonder why you never thought of them...

Let’s say we want to quit working and attain financial freedom—not in decades, but in just a few years. Or heck, maybe less. How do we do it?One “must-have” is the need to...

The best thing about a multi-year bear market? The bargains.Today we’ll talk dividend deals. Big payers. Stocks yielding up to 10.3% and trading for as little as three-times free cash flow...

We’ve got a once-in-5-year buy window open to us in one of the highest-yielding investments out there.And (for once) we can thank the Fed for these cheap 8%+ payouts! I’m talking about...

With the recent pullback from the market’s high this year, we’ve got a nice second chance to buy some terrific dividend stocks cheap. But don’t waste your time with lame payers like...

Select bank stocks may be cheap, but why settle for 2% to 3% yields?Let’s really bang on the bargain bin and for dividends between 8.3% and 9.4%. These yields are available thanks to the current...

If you’ve missed out on this market’s roughly 6% gain this year, don’t worry. There’s an easy way to grab that same 6%—and more–and do so in safe dividend cash.The...

I’m not going to lie to you: this market is headed for a fall. And if you’re caught holding the wrong dividend payers, you could be in for some serious losses indeed.How serious? Well, the...