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Your Safety Plan Should Start With These ‘Low Vol’ Yields up to 6.3%

With a recession likely at some point, we’re going to focus our attention today on recession-resistant dividend stocks.

With all the talk of a “soft landing” or even “no landing”—the nightmare inflation scenario in which the economy keeps humming—we contrarians are going to take a step back. And respect the yield curve.

In a normal economy, longer-dated bonds would pay more than shorter-dated issues. After all, more time, more things that can go wrong. Which is why you and I are smartly prepping for a recession, regardless of what the latest financial narrative is.

The 10-year Treasury bond has paid less than its 2-year cousin for many months and counting.… Read more

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A Downturn in 2023? Maybe Not for These Low-Vol Plays

We are heading into the most telegraphed recession in American history. Federal Reserve Chair Jay Powell said it himself last month:

“As rates go higher, it’s hard to see a soft landing.”

Gee Jay, no kidding. Your Fed is squeezing us directly into a slowdown with these short-term rate hikes and balance sheet drawdowns.

Now I’m not saying it’s the wrong move, Jay. You printed a lot of money in 2020—so much that we fell way behind the inflation curve in 2021. Economic indicators and price numbers are still running hot.

So I’m not surprised to see your feet on the breaks for most of the year.… Read more

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3 “Mystery” Dividend Growers You Can’t Ignore Anymore

Bull market, bear market, it doesn’t matter: Underappreciated, under-covered companies always manage to make a splash.

That’s how my Hidden Yields service delivers portfolio doublers every five or six years. The market has clusters of dividend growth stocks that are too boring for the financial media or most analyst firms to lavish with coverage, and that don’t yield nearly enough for income hunters to take notice. Yet time and time again, these stocks turn into total-return machines that can rip off 15% in annual returns, rain or shine.

And the current bear market is providing a rare opportunity to pinpoint these payout powder kegs.… Read more

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