Author: Brett Owens, Contrarian Outlook

Think of this as a back-door way of wringing out a dividend from a company that refuses to pay us one on its own.

If you want to clobber the stock market — and double your money every two or three years — then buying companies with accelerating dividends is the easiest and safest way to do it. And I’ve got good news for you: there are nine blue chip payers likely to raise dividends next month.

If you want to profit from huge trends remaking society, you need to zero in on megatrends like exploding energy demand, surging online shopping and retiring baby boomers. Shifts like these will power our price gains and dividends for decades. Today we’re going to dive into 4 of these megatrends, plus my 4 top stock picks for cashing in on each one.

Thanks to the generous discounts they trade at today, they’re poised to outperform their historical norms.

Don’t believe the myth that REITs nosedive when interest rates rise…