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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 8/8/19

    Thuzio to Launch in Dallas and Washington D.C.

    Thuzio is launching in Dallas and Washington D.C. next month, which marks its seventh and eighth markets nationwide. Thuzio has established membership communities in Chicago, New . . .

  • 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 7/16/19

    IBM And AT&T Announce Multi-Year Strategic Alliance

    IBM (NYSE: IBM) and AT&T (NYSE: T) today announced a multi-year strategic alliance. Under the agreement AT&T Communications will use IBM's expertise to modernize AT&T Business . . .

  • 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, . . .