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3 weeks ago | 
dailytradealert.com | Brett Owens |Contrarian Outlook |Brett D. Owens
Worried about the trade war and your retirement portfolio? Then I have two words for you: monthly dividends. Today we’ll fawn over four monthly payers that yield up to 17.4% annually. That’s no typo. Hop in my favorite income vehicle and we’ll motor over this market carnage together. The current market environment is nearly perfect for contrarians like us. How is that possible with tariff policy still, ahem, unfolding? Well the market is still full of fear and the weak hands have washed out.
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1 month ago | 
dailytradealert.com | Brett D. Owens |Brett Owens |Contrarian Outlook
There aren’t a lot of things we can say for certain these days, but there is one: We dividend investors are far better off than the mainstream crowd!Consider the unlucky souls who hold “America’s ticker”—my name for the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY). I call it that because, well, pretty well everyone owns it (it’s okay if you have SPY hiding somewhere in your portfolio—we don’t judge!)These poor folks have taken the brunt of the market crash—and they’re getting “paid” a mere 1.4% for the pleasure.
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2 months ago | 
dailytradealert.com | Brett D. Owens |Brett Owens |Contrarian Outlook
Let me say right now that, like most people, I have no idea where the trade tensions we’re living through will end up. But here’s something I will say: Whenever I have any doubt about the future, I look to the 10-year Treasury rate—and I recommend you do the same. And the 10-year rate—pacesetter for rates on most loans—is screaming one thing at us right now:Fade the inflation fears that are everywhere these days.
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Jan 27, 2025 | 
dailytradealert.com | Brett Owens |Contrarian Outlook |Brett D. Owens
What’s better than monthly dividends that add up to 7.2% to 15.4% yearly yields? Cheap monthlies thanks to a high level of fear amongst vanilla investors. Source: CNN Fear & Greed IndexWe contrarians do our heavy shopping when the crowd is fearful. We have some attractive dividend opportunities today in quarterly payers. But hey, why settle for every-90-day divvies when we can get paid on the month, every month?
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
jdsupra.com | Danielle Moore |Brett D. Owens
Our Technology Industry Team thought leaders have pulled together their top predictions for the new year so that employers can get a running start to 2025. AI Accountability Becomes a Legal RequirementThe era of deploying AI tools without oversight will come to a crashing halt in 2025.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Danielle Moore |Brett D. Owens
Despite notable workforce reductions in 2022 and 2023, layoffs in the tech industry are still prevalent as 2024 wraps up. The layoffs range from large employers to smaller-sized startups that are focused on profitability and efficiency in the wake of increased hiring during the pandemic. It is crucial for tech employers to have a strategic plan for assessing potential reductions in force (RIFs) and the impact on their initiatives going forward.
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Oct 2, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Michael Bonner |Brett D. Owens
A new NIL issue emerged last week as the starting quarterback for the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) left the undefeated Rebels over claims of unfulfilled verbal promises allegedly made to him by an assistant coach. While name, image, and likeness (NIL) legislation has changed the college athletic landscape, this development raises a host of new and unique compliance issues that athletic departments and NIL collectives may not be prepared for.
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Jun 12, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Michael Bonner |Brett D. Owens
There has been a seismic shift in Florida high school sports as state officials just unanimously approved high school athletes to receive compensation for their name, image, and likeness (NIL). The June 3 vote by the Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) means that it will soon join Georgia, Tennessee, and North Carolina, among other states, who have permitted NIL compensation for high school athletes.
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May 16, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Michael Bonner |Brett D. Owens
Colleges and universities have started to become involved with online NIL stores where fans, students, and alumni can purchase custom-branded clothing adorned with the last name and jersey number of their student-athlete of choice. This latest step in the name, image, and likeness (NIL) revolution has created another set of unique compliance obligations for Higher Education institutions and their Athletic Departments.
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Oct 23, 2023 | 
jdsupra.com | Michael Bonner |Brett D. Owens
An alternate solution to the ever-increasing push to make collegiate student-athletes employees may finally be on the horizon. The lack of uniformity in state name, image, and likeness (NIL) laws has created an uneven playing field – and caused some of the largest donor-led collectives to form the Collective Association, which could be the first step in creating a uniform set of rules governing student-athlete compensation for universities and the collectives supporting them.
