Author: Brett Owens, Contrarian Outlook

Now is not the time to flee from stocks…

Now is the time to strike — and start tapping REITs’ juicy income streams while we wait for their share prices to gap higher. With that in mind, the following five REITs should be at the top of your year-end shopping list.

… whether interest rates take off or freeze in place.

Both of them are riding unstoppable mega trends that should lift their stocks for decades to come. So all we have to do is pocket their fat payouts.

Dumping dividend landmines is particularly vital now, because a snap dividend cut is way more dangerous to your portfolio than it’s been in years.