The Company Stock Description: Born from the merger between Bell Atlantic Corporation and GTE Corporation on June 30, 2000, Verizon (VZ) provides communication services in the United States and globally. They have separated their activities into 2 segments: wireline & wireless. We find the “usual” activities of a telecommunications giant such as cable, internet, phone services, etc. With the acquisition of Alltel Wireless in 2009, Verizon surpassed AT&T (read T stock analysis) for …
AT&T Stock Analysis
A real money distributor, this is what AT&T (T) looks like at a first glance. Strong from a dividend yield over 5%, AT&T has been on my radar since March 2011 when I put together the 9 stocks I was following. But beyond a high dividend yield, there must be more if you want to attract investors. Let’s take a look at AT&T: The Company Stock Description: This eternal rival of Verizon is engaged in an epic battle to dominate the world of telecommunications. Strong from a fast …
Weekly Dividend Link Time
Let's look at the most interesting dividend links from this past week: 1. Six Dividend Stocks to Hold Forever @ Dividend Growth Investor. 2. Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) Dividend Analysis @ IS. 3. Stock Trades: Bought NAL Energy and Emerge Oil and Gas @ Beating The Index. 4. Dividend Aristocrats - The S&P500 Version @ The Passive Income Earner. 5. Monthly Progress Review: April @ Dividend Partisan. 6. Start Acting Like The Millionaire Next Door @ Compounding Returns. 7. The …
Why Your Portfolio Needs a Few Heroes
The following is a guest post from Demitrios from Sigma Swan. He is a new member of the Div-Net Network. "If you take the whole history of Berkshire Hathaway, and you take out the 20 best transactions, our record is a joke." -Charlie Munger, Vice-Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway We investors spend a lot of effort trying to protect ourselves from the danger of a default in our portfolio. The brutal math we aim to avoid is plain: the results of any string of positive numbers, no matter …
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Communications, Materials & Techno Stocks: Dividend Sector Winner Q1
We are already one month after the first Quarter (ending March 30th). This is usually when the financial results come in and the sector reviews are published. We have been receiving great news from the stock markets since mid April. Companies such as DuPont, MacDonald’s, Celestica, Xerox, Apple, General Electric (and more) are reporting increased revenues and profits. On the other hand, companies such as Morgan Stanley, Kimberly-Clark, RadioShack, and Nintendo have unveiled disappointing …
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7 Deadly Sins of Investments – 7 Investor Common Mistakes
I was about to write an article on investors' common mistakes and then I thought of adding a little bit of color to the black & white world of finance by matching them with the 7 deadly sins. What’s weird about these common investing mistakes is that we all know them… and we still commit them once in a while! This is why I thought getting a little refresh wouldn’t hurt ;-) #1 Sloth – Investing Without a Plan I had been investing for several years without a plan. I knew roughly what …
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