Dividend Stocks
An Investment That Protects Against Stock Market Crashes…With A 14% Yield!
The stock market’s a mess, right? Recession fears, uncertainty with tariffs, political conflicts with our NATO allies. There is so much for everyone to worry about RIGHT NOW. I am worried about a stock market crash. Good news, the iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond BuyWrite Strategy ETF (ticker: TLTW) will help you sleep better at […]
This Dividend Is Climbing To The MOON!
I love Home Depot. It’s one of my favorite dividend stocks. They’ve paid dividends for 30 years! Those payments have increased every year except during the 2007 financial crash. I don’t mind…not many companies increased their dividends back then! Home Depot is at it again with another dividend increase. Now Home Depot is paying $2.30 […]
Tech Stocks With A Nearly 10% Yield? Tell Me More!
Tech is all over the news. AI, self-driving cars, space exploration, and crypto seem to be the only thing people are talking about! It’s the same tech companies over and over again Nvidia, Tesla, Meta, Google, Amazon… the list goes on! You know the biggest issue I have with tech stocks? They don’t pay dividends. […]
3 Tax-Free Funds Throwing Off “Stealth” Dividends Up To 12%
Today we’re going to use a simple strategy to (legally!) beat the tax man. The key is a (too) often-ignored group of funds whose dividends are beyond the reach of the IRS. The low-risk assets behind this income stream really should be part of any income investor’s portfolio. And the three funds we’ll discuss below, […]
7 Wonderfully-Sleepy Dividend Stocks Yielding Up To 14.1%
Worried about the next round of tariffs? Tech disruption from DeepSeek? The geopolitical landscape? All of the above? Fret not my contrarian friend—here are seven wonderfully-sleepy dividend stocks. They yield between 5% and 14.1% and we are discussing them today because all seven boast low betas. This means these shares move less than the overall market. An […]
Trump 2.0: A Tale Of 2 Stock Markets?
How are we feeling about the stock market, my fellow contrarian? More importantly, should we have an opinion on the market-at-large at all? I don’t think so. Trump 2.0 will create a “market barbell” of big winners and sad losers. Let’s focus on the dividend payers that will be propelled higher—and step over the laggards. There are some dandy dividends […]
These Misunderstood 8.7% Yielders Are Top Buys For 2025
The thing most people love about closed-end funds (CEFs) is, well, pretty straightforward: the dividends! With these income plays kicking out average yields of 8.7%, they really can go a long way to helping us secure a safe retirement. Beyond that, though, there are many other reasons why CEFs should be in your portfolio. Access to a […]
Bargain Or Trap? 3 Cheap Funds Yielding Up To 8.7%
This has been a great year for stocks—and a great year for our 8%+ yielding closed-end funds (CEFs), too. That makes sense: Many CEFs invest in stocks, and many more hold bonds issued by publicly traded firms, so what’s good for stocks tends to be good for CEFs. CEFs March Higher in ’24 When we […]
Six Yields Up To 12% That Wall Street Can’t Stand
It’s hard to find a hater right now. Wall Street fanboys analysts have Buy ratings on more than 75% of the S&P 500 at the moment. Give us the Sells. That’s right. We contrarians are not afraid to dumpster dive for dividend value! Today we’ll slam a six-pack of analyst pans yielding between 6.1% and 11.8%. We searched far […]
3 Funds To Beat Post-Election Volatility, Deliver 8%+ Dividends
With more volatility likely as we move past the election and into late 2024, retirement planning might not be top of mind for you right now. I get it. But with investing—income investing, especially—it’s critical to keep the long term in focus. And over the long term, the direction of the markets is up. When […]
