Tag: Closed-End Funds
This Gimmicky Dividend Strategy Will Cost You Money (Do This Instead)
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 as dividend capture, which sounds like a way to bag a company’s quarterly cash dividend without taking the risk of owning the shares. I don’t like the name because […]
My Top CEF Investing Strategy Delivers 11% Payouts, 83% Gains
I’m about to reveal my very best strategy for pocketing 20%+ upside (and 7.8%+ dividends) from high-yielding closed-end funds (CEFs). It’s a “rinse and repeat” move that can help you grab the biggest gains from these potent income investments, lock in those wins, then sidestep the pullbacks. (I’ll also show you two ridiculously cheap CEFs throwing […]
“Crash-Proof” Your Portfolio With These Tax-Free 5% Dividends
There’s a group of 7%+ dividends out there that are perfect for today’s market. They’re far less volatile than “regular” stocks, their payouts are tax-free, and (for now) you can get them for a steal—as cheap as 93 cents on the dollar! That puts them high on the list of “refuges” from the speculative stocks the mainstream […]
No More “Lumpy” Retirement Checks With This Monthly Income Portfolio
If the past few weeks are any indication of what’s ahead, we’d better buckle up for a volatile 2022. Which means we should invest in the relative calm provided by monthly dividend stocks before the mainstream crowd starts looking this way. After all, what’s more soothing than thousands of dividend dollars paid every single month? Monthly dividends are […]
My “Rinse And Repeat” Plan For 8.3% Dividends, 117% Annualized Gains
Crypto? We contrarian income investors don’t need it. Gambling in Bitcoin, Ether or any “coins” with a dog on the front is pointless when we can dial in a safe dividend strategy for annualized returns up to 117%. This sneaky-smart plan is secure. It’s repeatable. And oh, by the way, it is flashing a B-U-Y signal […]
2 “Workhorse” Monthly Dividend Payers Yielding Up To 6% (With Upside)
Let’s jump on the market’s September slide and grab ourselves a sweet “double discount” on 358 totally ignored income plays—and some sweet 6%+ dividends, too. And our new income stream will pay us monthly! Going Where Other Dividend Investors Don’t Our route to this big monthly payout does an end run around the misers of the S&P […]
3 Ways To Safeguard (And Grow) Your Dividends As Inflation Ticks Higher
Inflation worries are everywhere, so let’s dive into what’s behind them—and what we contrarian income-seekers should do right now. The three steps I’m about to show you could hand you a lot of fresh dividend income and price upside, too—even in this (still) overstretched market. First up—is inflation a real fear right now? Let’s look at the […]
These 7 Dividend ETFs Yield Up To 10%
Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) sure are easy to buy. There’s an ETF for just about anything we can think of—stocks, bonds, commodities, growth, value, sectors, industries and, of course, high yield. Dividends are our beat here at Contrarian Outlook. And ETFs keep us busy, because for every income investing angle, there is a popular dividend fund that we […]
5 Dividend Yields Up To 13.6%: Buy, Hold Or Sell?
It’s a no-yield world we dividend investors are living in. But believe it or not, there are some payers with serious yields that get zero mainstream attention. We’ll discuss five in a moment. I’m talking about dividends between 9.5% and 13.6%! Yes, you read that right—one of these stocks dished 13.6% back to its happy […]
These 7.3% Dividends Are Safe (If You Follow These 3 Steps)
If you’re on the hunt for big dividends (and who isn’t these days?), closed-end funds (CEFs) must be on your shopping list. As I write this, there are more than 500 CEFs in existence, yielding an outsized 7.3%, on average. Compare that to the yield on the typical S&P 500 stock: a measly 1.4%! Ten-Year Treasuries? A […]
