Brett Owens
Brett Owens is the Chief Investment Strategist at Contrarian Outlook.
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4 REITs. 4 Monthly Dividend Programs. 4 Massive Yields Of Up To 11.7%
Quarterly-paying dividend stocks? Ha! We save those for the poor vanilla investors. Give us the monthly payers—those that dish divvies every 30 days. Today we’ll discuss four monthly payers yielding between 5% and 11% per year. An average yield of 7.9%. This means a $500,000 investment portfolio can buy this four-pack, earn $39,500 per year in […]
7 Brand-New Payouts That Dividend-Growth Investors Should Watch
New year, new dividends. And today we’ll review seven brand new payouts. Why are new divvies potential money makers? Because companies love to deliver big raises out of the gates to reward shareholders. And to be honest, it doesn’t cost them much. These current yields are often modest, so they have room to grow. But in percentage […]
The Dogs Of The Dow: 10 Downtrodden Dividends Paying Out Up To 6.8%
The Dow Jones Industrial Average itself yields modestly, but the Dogs of the Dow 2026 pack more dividend bite. The index’s top payers dish up to 6.8%. Collectively, they provide 3X more yield than the miserly S&P! We’ll review every one of the Dow’s 10 Dogs (and their dividends) in a moment. First, a refresher on how the “Dogs […]
My Top 2026 Market Prediction (And 3 Cheap Dividends To Play It)
Ignore the doom-and-gloom “predictions” about 2026. There are plenty of gains—and growing dividends—to be had for us this year. And if we do see a short-term pullback—possible, as we discussed a few weeks ago—the “smart money” is already setting up for a rebound. We’re going to join them by targeting three “depressed” corners of the market. We’ll get into those […]
The Small-Cap Reawakening Could Launch These 7%-14% Payers
Small-cap stocks have finally started to wake up lately, which could be a bullish sign as we head into 2026. Let’s remember that a smaller market capitalization does not necessarily mean a diminutive dividend—today we’ll discuss four small caps that yield between 7.1% and 13.3%. It’s been a “lost decade” for small caps, which have […]
4 Dividends Up To 20% Wall Street Can’t Stand
We contrarians follow Wall Street analysts because we like to fade their opinions! When most say Buy, we are cautious. There is nobody left to upgrade these shares. When they slap a Sell label, we are intrigued. So you’re saying the next rating change will be an upgrade? These slippery suits rate most stocks Buys because, well, […]
The 1 “Killer” AI Dividend (7.9%) Almost No One Knows About
We’ve got a sweet deal on one of my favorite AI dividends (current yield: 7.9%). And it’s not just because of last week’s stock market drop—though that does help. Truth is, the bargain on this stout fund has been hanging around for a while now. But it’s on borrowed time indeed. We need to make our move. […]
4 Wild Monthly Dividends (Up To 20%) From The Market’s Most Hidden Corners
Generally speaking, we like monthly dividends better than quarterly payouts. I mean, why wait 90 days to get paid when “every 30” is possible? Here’s another great thing about monthly divvies—they often have big fat annual yields attached to them. For example, today we are going to discuss a batch yielding between 8% and 19.8%. […]
Yes, AI Is Coming For Jobs But These 6%+ Dividends Are A “Silver Lining”
By now, it’s glaringly obvious: AI is replacing workers. And it’s boosting corporate bottom lines as it does. I call this the “growth-without-hiring” trend, and it’s accelerating. Today we’re going to grab our share in the form of big dividends (up to 8.1%) and upside, too. Latest Payroll Report Tells a New (Yet Familiar) Story The latest evidence […]
AI Is Set To Supercharge 3 “Boring” Dividends
While Wall Street chases NVIDIA (NVDA), the real AI dividend story is unfolding in the sleepy insurance sector. These “boring” firms are quietly leveraging AI tools to slash costs, grow premiums, and—best of all—dish us bigger dividends. AI is spreading across the economy much faster than many expected. That means we need to move even faster to front-run that shift. We’ve already been hard […]




