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  • Posted on 9/12/19

    Why This Activist Investor Thinks AT&T Stock Could Hit $60 in 2 Years

    Activist investors buy large stakes in underperforming yet undervalued companies, then advocate for change. So when one takes on a large, well-known company such as AT&T . . .

  • Posted on 9/10/19

    AT&T Should Listen to Its New Activist Shareholder

    Wireless giant AT&T (NYSE:T) has made some questionable moves in the past few years. It paid $67 billion for DirecTV in 2015, and it doled out . . .

  • Posted on 9/10/19

    AT&T TV Looks a Little Too Much Like Traditional Cable

    The rise of streaming video has been bad news for legacy pay-TV services. Cable and satellite providers can slow the bleeding with internet and phone bundling, . . .

  • Posted on 8/27/19

    Better Buy: ExxonMobil vs. Chevron

    ExxonMobil (NYSE:XOM) and Chevron (NYSE:CVX) are two of the largest oil producers in the country. They're also among the highest-yielding dividend stocks in the oil patch, . . .

  • Posted on 8/27/19

    Why Debt is a Bigger Problem for ExxonMobil Than It Might Seem

    ExxonMobil (NYSE:XOM) used to be one of the most profitable companies in the world. At one point, it was an investor's best friend, producing consistent positive . . .

  • Posted on 8/26/19

    AT&T's Streaming Offerings Are a Mess

    AT&T (NYSE:T) recently rebranded its struggling live-TV streaming service, DIRECTV NOW, as AT&T TV NOW. The move brought the service more closely into the AT&T branding . . .

  • Posted on 8/20/19

    AT&T: This Is The Most Important Investing Advice We Can Give

    SummaryOur longer-term recommendations focus most often on dividend growth investments.At $34 a share, the yield is exactly 6%.We walk you through several calculations to demonstrate the . . .

  • Posted on 8/20/19

    Is ExxonMobil a Buy?

    ExxonMobil (NYSE:XOM) has struggled in recent years. Shares are down about 20% over the past three years because of continued volatility in the oil market and . . .

  • Posted on 8/19/19

    How Safe Is ExxonMobil's Dividend?

    Shares of energy goliath ExxonMobil (NYSE:XOM) are down around 15% from their highs earlier this year. Income investors may be wondering if there's something going on . . .

  • Posted on 8/12/19

    Comcast Announces Initiative With Dell Technologies to Help Close Digital Divide

    HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Comcast today announced it has expanded its initiative designed to help close the digital divide for low-income households. As part of its mission to provide . . .

  • Posted on 8/12/19

    Exxon Mobil: Get Away From This Yield

    SummaryExxon Mobil has seen a considerable decline since mid-April.Macroeconomic concerns are plentiful, but none cater to disruptions in crude oil to supply at this time.Sustained lower . . .

  • Posted on 8/7/19

    Exxon Mobil: Buy The Drop Of This 4.9%-Yielding Energy King

    SummaryExxon Mobil released Q2-2019 results last week.The results beat both revenue and earnings estimates.Exxon Mobil reported decreasing earnings on the back of lower price realizations and . . .

  • Posted on 8/6/19

    CBS and Nexstar Media Group Renew Affiliation Agreements

    CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS.A and CBS) and Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXST) today announced a multi-year agreement that renews CBS network affiliations for Nexstar stations, . . .

  • Posted on 8/6/19

    AT&T: Why A Buyback Makes Perfect Sense

    SummaryAT&T's quarter allows management to continue with their plan of strengthening the balance sheet.Being close to a reasonable 2.7x leverage has allowed management to discuss another . . .

  • Posted on 7/31/19

    AT&T And Verizon: One Is Clearly The Better High-Yield Buy Today

    SummaryAT&T and Verizon are beloved by conservative income investors and for good reason.They are recession-resistant telecom utilities that are able to generate inflation-adjusted generous income, in . . .

  • Posted on 7/30/19

    AT&T Is Still Investable Despite Some Recovery

    SummaryMy previous article on AT&T rated the article a "Buy" with an expectation that the stock would appreciate in value both short term and long term.The . . .

  • Posted on 7/30/19

    Where Will AT&T Be in 5 Years?

    AT&T (NYSE:T), short for the American Telephone & Telegraph Company, has its roots in Alexander Graham Bell's invention of the telephone itself in 1876, and the . . .

  • Posted on 7/24/19

    AT&T: Maximum Failure

    SummaryAT&T continues to fail with creating a video streaming service that works.The new WarnerMedia streaming service called HBO Max won't launch until Spring 2020.HBO has failed . . .

  • Posted on 7/22/19

    AT&T: Ignore The Noise

    SummaryThere are many kinds of bearish narratives being peddled of late but market participants aren't buying them.Short interest data shows that traders and speculators aren't actively . . .

  • Posted on 7/19/19

    AT&T Inks Two New Cloud Deals With Microsoft and IBM

    AT&T (NYSE:T) recently announced two cloud deals with tech giants Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) and IBM(NYSE:IBM). The telco named Microsoft as its preferred cloud provider for non-network applications . . .

  • Posted on 7/10/19

    AT&T Details Upcoming Video-Streaming Service

    First, there was HBO Go. Then, there was HBO Now. Next, it will become HBO Max. Like just about every media company, AT&T's (NYSE:T)WarnerMedia subsidiary has . . .

  • Posted on 7/10/19

    AT&T Just Revealed Some Key Details About Its Netflix Competitor

    AT&T (NYSE:T) has been working on a new streaming video service for the better part of a year following its successful acquisition of Time Warner (now . . .

  • Posted on 7/8/19

    Better Buy: AT&T vs. T-Mobile

    You know T-Mobile US (NASDAQ:TMUS) and AT&T (NYSE:T) as two of the largest wireless network operators in North America. They may look similar at first glance, . . .

  • Posted on 7/1/19

    AT&T Invests More Than $225 Million over 3-Year Period to Boost Local Networks in Connecticut

    At AT&T1, we've invested more than $225 Million in our Connecticut wireless networks during 2016-2018. These investments boost reliability, coverage, speed and overall performance for residents . . .

  • Posted on 7/1/19

    Is ExxonMobil Making a Strategic Mistake?

    Integrated energy giants Royal Dutch Shell (NYSE:RDS-B) and Total (NYSE:TOT) have both made significant investments in the electric- and renewable-power spaces, preparing for a future with . . .