Let’s look at five overlooked payers yielding 5.6%-11% at prices any penny-pincher would love. Take Comcast (CMCSA, 5.6% ...

Can you hear me now, income investors? Verizon (VZ) wants to know. It’s been a roller-coaster October for the telecom. Given its always-high yield, I know our dividend fans are often considering ...

This is where that word “generational” comes in. BlackRock, the world’s biggest investment firm, with $15 trillion in assets ...

Income investors are attracted to low-beta stocks like moths to a flame. Low beta has a reputation for being low drama, but is it really? Technically, beta measures how closely a stock moves with the ...

Social Security recipient? You’re set to receive a 3.6% raise in January. How about your dividend portfolio? Well, it depends on your positions! So let’s talk about the stocks and funds that will give ...

Getting antsy about the midterms? Wondering whether oil will ever come back down? Afraid the AI bubble is going to pop, blowing a dotcom-sized hole into your retirement portfolio? I’m not. Because ...

There are hundreds of closed-end funds (CEFs) out there, and almost all of them have an investor they’re perfect for. I say “almost” because there are a few that are, in my view, not appropriate for ...

We love it when a stock “pays us back” in dividends. The faster, the better! Most people don’t get this luxury. They’re stuck “grinding it out” with the S&P 500’s 1% payers. Not us. We’re hunting for ...

The market has served us up a tidy opportunity on a closed-end fund (CEF) yielding an eye-popping 13.1%. What’s more, this fund is oversold, at a 12.1% discount to net asset value (NAV). Before I name ...

For a while, utilities were that sneaky play on AI. A picks-and-shovels provider, if you will. Here’s why: AI usage is booming. What does AI use? It uses energy. AI is a notable energy hog, so the ...

Yeah, we’re here for the dividends. But isn’t it nice when we buy a stock and it goes up, like, right away? And it happens for us. We are contrarians! We buy payers when they are out of favor because ...

A chance to grab our favorite high yielders—closed-end funds (CEFs) paying 10% and more—on an early “year-end” sale. How cheap are we talking here? How about 90 cents on the dollar? In some cases less ...