Contrarian Outlook

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...

We’ve got a sweet opportunity to grab a 14% dividend sitting in front of us, and we can thank the ongoing sale on bonds for this deal.This double-digit payer—which has held that huge...

Private equity (PE) is a rich guy and gal favorite. PE firms find deals and deliver outsized dividends.They don’t like dealing with the common folk. So, PE shops typically set a minimum of a few...

With the first quarter behind us, now is a good time to ask ourselves if stocks—and especially 8%+ yielding closed-end funds (CEFs)—are getting just a little ahead of...

Worried about a recession? Two thoughts:I don’t blame you. Consider this recession-resistant REIT (real estate investment trust), poised to rally on an economic slump. Why rally? Well, interest...

There are plenty of stocks out there, right now, with payouts growing fast—heck, some of them give shareholders a “raise” every three months.You won’t find these...