Brett Owens

Brett Owens is the Chief Investment Strategist at Contrarian Outlook.

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3 Healthy Yields Of Up To 7.3% In Housing’s Sweet Spot

| June 21, 2017 | 0 Comments
3 Healthy Yields Of Up To 7.3% In Housing’s Sweet Spot

Residential real estate is hot right now – and apartment owners are making money hand-over-fist. But don’t worry, I’m not going to recommend you run out and buy an entire complex. Instead, I’ve got three apartment REITs you can buy from the convenience of your computer (or phone, for that matter!) for yields up to […]

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3 Must-Buy REITs For 100% Dividend Growth And Double-Digit Gains

| June 14, 2017 | 0 Comments
3 Must-Buy REITs For 100% Dividend Growth And Double-Digit Gains

They call it the “silent wealth killer” for a reason: it takes the 2.2% yield you’d get from say, a 10-year Treasury note today and almost completely wipes it out. And if this hidden threat perks up even a little bit (as it’s certain to do), it will push your average Joe (or Jane) into […]

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10 ETF Dividends In Serious Danger

| May 8, 2017 | 0 Comments
10 ETF Dividends In Serious Danger

Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) can be an easy “one-click way” to diversify your dividends. Instead of grinding on the viability of any single payout stream, why not build a basket of them? But be careful – some pooled payouts are all bad and don’t even keep up with the broader market. In a minute, we’ll review […]

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The “Smart CEF Money” Is Buying These 8%+ Yields

| May 1, 2017 | 0 Comments
The “Smart CEF Money” Is Buying These 8%+ Yields

Closed-end fund (CEF) investors regularly go crazy. Their bouts with investment insanity often present us contrarian income hunters with 8%+ yields. And big price upside to boot. But be careful, because these first-level types can be as greedy as they are fearful. It’s important to fade both of their emotional extremes for dividend security and […]

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Yellen Just Slapped A “Buy” Rating On These 8% Yields

| March 27, 2017 | 0 Comments
Yellen Just Slapped A “Buy” Rating On These 8% Yields

As recently as last week, many high quality closed-end funds (CEFs) were being neglected thanks to the headline worry that higher rates would hurt them. That nonsense stopped abruptly when Fed chair Janet Yellen basically slapped a “Buy” rating on the entire sector! Her dovish outlook was taken as a cue that CEF investors could […]

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3 Recession-Proof REITs With Yields Up To 7.6%

| March 6, 2017 | 0 Comments
3 Recession-Proof REITs With Yields Up To 7.6%

Healthcare real estate investment trusts (REITs) are at the crossroads of some very powerful investing themes that make them a one-two punch of potential growth and extremely generous yield. Today, I want to show you a trio of these double-threat dynamos that pay secure dividends up to 7.6%. I love healthcare because it’s broadly unbeatable […]

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5 High Yield ETFs Paying Up To 5.8%

| February 22, 2017 | 0 Comments
5 High Yield ETFs Paying Up To 5.8%

I get it – you want a diversified portfolio that lets you live off dividends alone. And you probably don’t want to spend most of your waking hours worrying about a million tickers either. Consider exchange-traded funds (ETFs) then, which provide your portfolio with instant diversification through a single purchase. Pick a strategy you like […]

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3 Diversified Funds Paying Up To 9.5%

| February 13, 2017 | 0 Comments
3 Diversified Funds Paying Up To 9.5%

Instead of meticulously picking one high paying stock after another – in hopes of building a secure dividend stream – how about simply buying a fund or two that does everything for you? After all, you’ve already made the correct asset allocation in choosing dividend stocks – which outperform non-payers by a wide margin. There […]

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3 Bulletproof Income ETFs For 2017

| February 6, 2017 | 0 Comments
3 Bulletproof Income ETFs For 2017

Analysts are divided by whether they think this hard-charging bull market can last through the rest of 2017, but most market watchers agree on one thing: It’s going to be a bumpy ride no matter what. That’s why today, I’m going to show you a trio of funds that are designed to fend off volatility […]

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5 Funds That Could Double Your Retirement Nest Egg

| January 25, 2017 | 0 Comments
5 Funds That Could Double Your Retirement Nest Egg

If you want to save a million dollars, you need to save a ton of money over a lifetime. Or at least that’s what we’re constantly told. But it’s not true. The fact is, you can save $1 million a lot quicker by saving just $298 per month. It just takes a contrarian’s view on […]

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