It’s been an encouraging start to the year for stocks, but another Fed rate hike – and whatever choice words Jerome Powell has to say – could throw the brakes on the rally this week, at least temporarily. To prepare for another potential pullback, today we’re adding some protection in the form of a high-yield dividend payer from the healthcare industry. It’s a stock with some real momentum – up 18% in the last five weeks – but still trades at about half of where it was a year ago. And Tom Hutchinson just upgraded it to Buy in Cabot Dividend Investor.

Montauk Renewables (MNTK) reported third-quarter earnings after the bell on Wednesday and they weren’t good – at least not compared to estimates.