I'd been a Verizon (NYSE: VZ) wireless customer for as long as I can remember. My long-standing relationship with the telecom giant was one of the many reasons I initially bought its stock. While I recently switched my service to rival AT&T (NYSE: T), I don't plan to swap stocks. I still think Verizon ...
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Whenever I decide on a stock, my mindset is that I'll stay invested in it for nothing short of a decade. Ideally, you're investing in great companies you feel comfortable holding on to until retirement. That's a good way to measure your confidence in the company and the strength of its business model. ...
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Telecom giant AT&T (NYSE: T) has seemingly hung around the $20 mark for years. Today, shares are trading hands at $17. The stock has underperformed the S&P 500 due to a bloated balance sheet and lack of earnings growth. However, things could finally be looking up. AT&T is slimming down and focusing on ...
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This week's inflation data came in a little bit hot, but it doesn't mean that rates on traditional fixed income investments will stay high for much longer. When the climate starts to get kinder -- and money market funds and freshly issued bonds start offering lower rates -- yield-seeking investors will ...
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Shares of telecommunications specialist AT&T (NYSE: T) popped on Tuesday, climbing as much as 3.3%. As of 1:30 p.m. ET, the stock was still up 2.6%. The catalyst that sent the telecom stock higher was an upgrade and some positive commentary from a Wall Street analyst. Wolfe Research analyst Peter Supino ...
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Retirees and other income-focused investors must wade through an ocean of dividend stocks to find high-yield investments that can afford their lofty payout. The market won't pay as much for a stock with a suspect dividend. The lower share price creates a higher yield. But some stocks, like Altria Group ...
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Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) shares currently yield roughly 6.6%. Investors are often attracted to high-yield stocks for their income potential. However, high dividend yields can sometimes be a sign that the dividend is not safe because market participants often anticipate a cut to the payout in ...
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A widespread and hours-long outage dinged the reputation and the stock price of incumbent telecom company AT&T (NYSE: T) on Thursday. Like the outage itself the damage was contained; still, investors traded out of the stock, and it closed the day more than 2% lower. That compared unfavorably to the trajectory ...
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Inflation doesn't appear to be coming down fast enough to suggest that interest-rate cuts are around the corner. But that could be a good thing for investors because it means there's still time to buy rate-sensitive stocks that could soar when rate cuts occur. After all, it's a question of when rates ...
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Fool.com contributor Parkev Tatevosian compares Verizon (NYSE: VZ) and AT&T (NYSE: T) to answer which is the better dividend stock to buy for passive income investors. *Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of Feb. 18, 2024. The video was published on Feb. 20, 2024. Continue reading
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This year looks to be the one to invest in AT&T (NYSE: T) and Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ). Both of these giants of the telecom industry experienced share-price gains going into 2024. Verizon even hit a 52-week high of $43.21 at the end of January. The pair also sport attractive dividend yields ...
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