Contrarian Outlook

"C’mon daddy." Pause. And a sigh. "I’ll pay you back?"Ah, there it was. The fiscal responsibility we’ve been working to instill in our seven-year-old clicking in. An acknowledgement...

If this mess of a market has taught us anything (and it’s fair to say it’s taught us many things!), it’s the value of dividend reinvestment plans (DRIPs).DRIPs are always a popular...

If you’re like most investors I hear from these days, you’re suffering from a serious case of market vertigo.On the one hand, stocks have posted strong gains over the last couple of years:...

When I talk to investors these days, I hear three main reasons why they’re feeling unsettled. All three fears are interconnected (and none of them will likely surprise you!): inflation, the...

"I’m an investor in Invesco QQQ Trust QQQ, a fund that gives me access to NASDAQ 100 innovations like volumetric video technology." - Invesco TV ad for its NASDAQ 100 ETF My fellow hoops fans...

Friday morning, I mentioned to my wife that it was time for us to log into her 401(k) and move it back into stocks. "Funny," she said. "On NPR they just mentioned that money managers are moving into...

A contrarian indicator just flashed, and it’s telling us that now is the time to buy one of my favorite high-yield investments: closed-end funds (CEFs). Today we’re going to look at three...

We need to talk about a mistake almost every investor makes—and it’s a particularly easy trap to fall into today.That would be letting the headlines push us to make investing decisions out...

Give the wine time to breathe (or, if short on time, speed the process with a decanter).We should apply the same lesson to the dividend stocks we buy. Larry B. reminded me of this when he wrote in,...

Dividend stocks reward us with more than just cash flow. They actually benefit our retirement portfolios in four ways:A high current yield for meaningful cash flow today. In a moment we’ll...

It probably won’t surprise you to hear that I’m hearing from a lot of investors who are concerned about protecting their portfolios, and their income streams, from the worrying times...

Russia’s reckless (and, sadly, increasingly ruthless) invasion of Ukraine has put a spotlight squarely on the commodity markets. Many of them have already taken off to the moon. Crude oil, of...

Ignore the overtorqued headlines about inflation: even though prices are rising, they won’t take out the economy.In fact, rising inflation is setting us up with a contrarian opportunity to grab...

"Mom, please make sure you secure your mask first before assisting the kiddos." We receive this reminder every flight from at least one flight attendant. Mom receives the reminder while your income...

When a market storm hits, we dividend investors can protect our wealth and grab steady payouts when we buy stocks backed by strong recurring revenue.It’s one of the oldest business models there...

This market’s insistence on falling—even though earnings are soaring—has opened up a strong buying opportunity for us dividend investors.And we’re going to tap it to grab a...