Contrarian Outlook

“Brett, what do you think of SCHD?”As soon as I heard the “C” I figured we were talking Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF (NYSE:SCHD). (Your income strategist can typically...

I hear from readers of my Hidden Yields dividend-growth service all the time—and many are wondering why their “dividend guy” has suddenly become a “cash guy”!Truth is,...

One nice thing—and probably the only nice thing—about the 2022 market selloff is that it’s given us dividend investors an opportunity to grab 10% yields we can count on for...

Boring is perfect when we’re talking retirement investing.We’ll let others take the S&P 500’s sad 1.7% yield and frequent mood swings. While we direct our attention to an elite...

I get a lot of readers asking me when this market will bottom. We don’t know for sure, of course, because market bottoms are only visible in hindsight. But I would say that now is a good time to...

Why would anyone want to pay full price for a stock?Many common tickers can be bought for 5%, 10% and even 12% off in the closed-end fund (CEF) aisle. These discounted CEFs are the closest thing to a...

These days, everyone is looking for safety—and that’s got some folks pondering some pretty, er, unusual strategies that seem secure but are in fact anything but.One such strategy is known...

When oil spikes, like it has in recent months, many folks get tempted, wondering if there’s a way to time their way into—and out of—crude for maximum profits and...

Today we’re going to look at how we can play the market’s “fear gauge”—known as the VIX, for a 7.5% dividend that’s as steady as they come.As you can guess, the VIX...

Thank you, UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH)! In these pages last week, we called out UNH as a recession-resistant stock because the health carrier is always growing EPS at a 10% annualized rate.Thanks to...

Buying into companies that split their stocks tilts the odds sharply in your favor—and buying a “splitter” that grows its payout will help you do even better.Today we’re going...

When it comes to high-yield closed-end funds (CEFs), I’m a big fan of the “three Ds”: discounts, diversification and—of course—dividends!These days, a “3-D”...

Well, it took seven months. We finally have some serious dividends!Today we’re going to highlight 53 of them that yield at least 14%. That is not a typo—these 53 dividend stocks actually...

If you’re like me, you’re getting sick of this tug-of-war between inflation and recession worries. One steals our purchasing power, while the other knocks down our portfolio values!But...

Today I’m going to show you a two-part dividend-growth strategy that actually made money for one group of investors in the disastrous year that was 2008. It’s an appropriate investing...

Crypto is a mess, and many (former) crypto fans are finally realizing that shares of companies that make goods and services people actually want—and pay dividends—are the place to be.Of...