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  • What Will These Communications Stocks Tell Your Portfolio?

    By Chris Hodge - March 13, 2013 | Tickers: CCOI, OIBR, TEO

    Communications are great. We're communicating right now, and hopefully you'll either get a good idea for your next acquisition or advice to stay well away from something toxic. So let's take a look at some communications companies and the stocks that track their popularity.

    Cogent Communications Group (NASDAQ: CCOI) is one of the cornerstones of the Internet. Providing Net access and data transporting as well as data more »

  • AT&T Earnings: Great Dividend and Growth

    By Matthew Frankel - January 18, 2013 | Tickers: AAPL, T, S, VZ

    AT&T (NYSE: T) is one of two dominant telephone and broadband companies in the U.S. along with Verizon (NYSE: VZ). A favorite among dividend investors, AT&T features the higher payout of the two, currently at 5.25% as opposed to 4.8% for Verizon. With AT&T set to report earnings next Thursday, investors will be looking for signs of future growth, especially when it comes to more »

  • Verizon Earnings Preview: All About the Data

    By Matthew Frankel - January 15, 2013 | Tickers: AAPL, T, GOOG, VZ, VOD

    Verizon (NYSE: VZ) is one of the most popular stocks among all investors, loved for its great dividend yield (4.8% currently) as well as its exposure to technology.  Along with AT&T (NYSE: T), Verizon is a dominant player in the U.S. wireless market.  With the company set to report earnings on Jan. 22, there are a few things that the market will be looking for to ensure more »

  • If Wally Forbes Had Interviewed Me...

    By Robert Zimmerman - January 9, 2013 | Tickers: CVX, EPD, XOM, KMB, PM

    Wallace Forbes, of Forbes magazine, recently interviewed David R. Reiser of Morgan Stanley Wealth Management.  Mr. Reiser spoke of the difficulties his mother and other retirees have with maintaining income in their golden years with current interest rates abysmally low.  Reiser recommended three different stocks for retirement income, namely AT&T, Chevron (NYSE: CVX) and Philip Morris (NYSE: PM).  He recommended them, in part, on their dividend growth prospects.  While more »

  • Which Telecoms to Buy Now?

    By Anh HOANG - October 24, 2012 | Tickers: BT, FTE, TEF, VIP

    These days, whenever I do a screening to find investment opportunities in companies with high dividend yields and high operating cash flow, telecom companies always come up. The high dividend yield may be due to the fact the telecom companies have experienced a large decline in their stock prices. In addition, telecom companies seem to be a cash cow businesses, but many of them leverage heavily. That is why we more »

  • 3 Large Cap Stocks with High Dividend Yields

    By Anh HOANG - October 22, 2012 | Tickers: AGNC, FTE, VIP

    In the search for investment opportunities, screening is a very important start. Garbage in, garbage out! Investors need to choose a good screener and select screening criteria in a smart way to detect potential investments. Today, I ran a screen to find good companies for income investors in Motley Fool Caps. Income investors need to invest in companies that are paying a  good dividend yield, so the current dividend yield more »

  • Strong Profits in Mexico's Biggest Telecom?

    By Joshua Bondy - September 28, 2012 | Tickers: AMX, T, S, VZ

    In this series on monopolies a number of different industries and companies have been mentioned. I believe that America Movil S.A.B de C.V. (NYSE: AMX) is a monopolist which offers solid returns due to its position in its home market. The company is not invincible by any means. It faces competition from local and international competitors like Chile's Entel. The knowledge and advantage America Movil gains more »

  • Scrappy Sprint Should Survive

    By Bobby Shethia - August 15, 2012 | Tickers: AAPL, T, S, VZ

    Sprint (NYSE: S) raced ahead this August with stellar second quarter results, handily beating estimates and pointing towards a tighter race with arch rivals AT&T (NYSE: T), Verizon (NYSE: VZ) and T-Mobile.

    Five takeaways from June 2012 earnings

    iPhone sales rang in at 1.5 million, cumulatively topping 4.5 million since Sprint signed the contract with Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) last October. Sprint is on the hook for $15 more »

  • Don’t Buy the Nokia Sale Hype, Buy the Stock

    By Tim Brugger - June 11, 2012 | Tickers: FB, MSFT, NOK

    Rumors – gotta love ‘em. The latest in a relatively short line (so far at least) of recent scuttlebutt surrounding Lumia 900 smartphone maker Nokia (NYSE: NOK) was the “news” that Samsung was going to offer shareholders EUR4 a share to acquire the beleaguered company. That rumor took CEO Stephen Elop all of about 13 seconds to squash – and that was only because he was eating at the time and is more »

  • Why I'm Buying this Underfollowed Telecom

    By Matthew DiLallo - June 3, 2012 | Tickers: AAPL, CMCSA, MSG, RCI, VZ

    For the third trade I’m recommending for my “No Drip, No Mess” Portfolio I am going north of the border for a Canadian Telecom that has a diverse set of businesses and pays a great dividend.  Instead of just buying the stock, I’m recommending writing puts to pick up some income today while attempting to pick up shares at a ridiculously low price. Given its current price it more »

  • Hey Google! Isn’t it about Time to Share the Wealth?

    By Tim Brugger - May 21, 2012 | Tickers: AAPL, GOOG, MSFT, MMI

    As always there’s a lot happening in the world of Google (NASDAQ: GOOG). At long last it appears our friends in the Far East have given the okay to the $12.5 billion Motorola Mobility Holdings (NYSE: MMI) deal – something U.S. and European regulators rubber stamped several months ago.

    And let’s not forget what is quickly becoming the norm - suing the company for any number of things more »

  • The Week That Was: Home Depot, Groupon, Best Buy and Nokia

    By Tim Brugger - May 21, 2012 | Tickers: FB, GRPN, HD, NOK, SKS

    For many last week will always be about the much anticipated Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) IPO. And why not? If nothing else there was enough fanfare, speculation and opinions to last a lifetime. The consensus seems to be Facebook’s foray into the world of public ownership was a disappointment – though when it’s all said and done the only thing disappointing was the impact the IPO had on other companies more »

  • Analyst Rating Will Hurt Nokia in the Short Term

    By Tim Brugger - May 14, 2012 | Tickers: AAPL, GOOG, MSFT, NOK

    It may turn out to be a couple (more) difficult days as Nokia kicks off the week’s trading. The stock is sure to see additional pressure as investors absorb the latest guesstimates from long-time Nokia (NYSE: NOK) analyst Andy Perkins – rated in the middle of the pack by StarMine for his earnings estimates – now that he’s jumped off the Lumia 900 wagon train. Mr. Perkins recently had this more »

  • News of Nokia’s Demise Greatly Exaggerated

    By Tim Brugger - May 3, 2012 | Tickers: MSFT, NOK

    The precipitous drop in Nokia’s (NYSE: NOK) share price in the past month – to the tune of 30% - in and of itself is enough to make shareholders cringe. That the drop came on the heels of a series of bad news, poor press and downgrades didn't help matters.

    There have even been rumblings by some that the future of Nokia as a viable entity is in question – one more »

  • Nokia: Making All the Right Friends

    By Tim Brugger - April 26, 2012 | Tickers: T, MSFT, NOK, VZ

    To say Nokia has had a rough month is a huge understatement. The company will certainly be glad to put April behind them, as will Nokia (NYSE: NOK) shareholders. Down about 35% since the end of March, even with the day’s nice pop (about 3.5% as it stands now) you’re not likely to hear much cheering from the Nokia camp.

    Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) shareholders continue to revel more »

  • AT&T or Verizon, What’s an Investor to do?

    By Tim Brugger - April 25, 2012 | Tickers: AAPL, T, S, VZ

    With investors all aflutter after the recent earnings announcement from $188 billion phone giant AT&T (NYSE: T), the company is nearing their 52-week high of $31.97. Not surprisingly there’s a bit of resistance – seems there always is before a company breaks through – but it’s likely shareholders will be smiling before the day’s out.

    The Quarter

    Clearly most are happy with AT&T’s recent quarter more »

  • The Week That Was: Alcoa, Microsoft, AOL and Nokia

    By Tim Brugger - April 16, 2012 | Tickers: AA, AOL, MSFT, NOK

    As bad as last week was – the 5-day stretch ended up being the worst so far in 2012 – imagine what it would have been if not for Alcoa? After announcing extremely impressive earnings the leader in all things aluminum almost single-handedly propped up the market – almost.

    As investors shifted their gaze toward Spain–Greece is SO last month – and the continued debt problems plaguing the region, shareholders figured enough already more »

  • RIMM’s Last Gasp

    By Tim Brugger - March 30, 2012 | Tickers: AAPL, BBRY, GOOG

    It was the second week in December when the first Research in Motion (NASDAQ: BBRY) article came out – followed closely by the announcement of a management change in January for the beleaguered maker of the Blackberry. It was clear then – just as it his now – that serious changes need to occur for the company to remain a viable entity, or even stay on the radar as a legitimate takeover target more »

  • Betting on RadioShack

    By Tim Brugger - March 6, 2012 | Tickers: AAN, BBY, RSH

    There are certainly values to be had in retail, many of which I've already discussed (Wal-Mart and Target to name a couple). The recent pressures from Europe and rising gas prices have put even more pressure on an already oversold sector - good news for the mid to long-term value investor ready, willing and able to wait it out.

    As if there weren’t enough obstacles to overcome, retailers focused more »

  • The Week that Was: Banks, Nokia and Intel

    By Tim Brugger - March 5, 2012 | Tickers: BAC, C, INTC, NOK, WFC

    For both Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) and Nokia (NYSE: NOK) last week was all about one upping the competition at the World Mobile Congress in Barcelona. Though reviews were mixed, most believe Intel’s smartphone and mobile computing chips were a smashing success. Intel reiterated the previously reported agreement with China’s LTE as well as announced deals to provide their Atom chips for France Telecom and India’s Lava International more »

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