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Bargain Hunting in Dividend Stocks: The Flaw With AT&T and Verizon

If you're looking for high-yield dividend stocks, AT&T (NYSE: T) and Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) might be on your list. In this video, Motley Fool contributors Jason Hall and Tyler Crowe break

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5 Top Dividend Stocks Yielding 5%+ to Buy in June

Rising interest rates have put a lot of pressure on dividend-paying stocks over the past year. Higher rates make lower-risk income investments like bonds and bank CDs more attractive. That weighs on

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Amazon Is Considering a New Offering and it Could Spell Trouble for Verizon and AT&T

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) rose to prominence on the back of its now sprawling e-commerce business, which has become not only the largest digital retailer in the U.S., but also the world. 

Yet one of the

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Why AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile Stocks Were Sinking Today

Telecom stocks including AT&T (NYSE: T), Verizon (NYSE: VZ), and T-Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS) were all pulling back Friday on some surprising news. 

According to Bloomberg, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is

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This 7%-Yielding Dividend Stock Is Safe and Growing More Secure

Verizon (NYSE: VZ) currently offers a big-time dividend. The yield is up to an eye-popping 7%, following a roughly 30% slide in the stock price over the past year. That puts its payout several times

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If You Invested $1,000 in Verizon in 2014, This Is How Much You Would Have Today

Verizon (NYSE: VZ) is often considered a stable investment for conservative income investors. It's the largest wireless carrier in the United States, pays a high dividend, and has raised its payout

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Better Buy: AT&T vs. Verizon Stock

Telecom giants AT&T (NYSE: T) and Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) are staples for many passive income investors, and for good reason. Both companies have a rich tradition of returning an outsize

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Why AT&T and Verizon Stocks Tanked on Thursday

The two leading U.S. telecom stocks, AT&T (NYSE: T) and Verizon (NYSE: VZ), came under significant pressure on Thursday. The source of this was a media article about the market entry of a

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Best Dividend Stock to Buy: Verizon vs. 3M

Verizon (NYSE: VZ) and 3M (NYSE: MMM) each pay a healthy dividend yield. Fool.com contributor and finance professor Parkev Tatevosian picks his favorite dividend stock of the two.

*Stock prices used

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3 Great Dividend Stocks You Can Buy for Less Than $50

Investing in dividend-paying stocks is a great way to start collecting passive income. Since most don't cost that much money, you can steadily buy more shares as you have cash available to invest.

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Should You Buy the 5 Highest-Paying Dividend Stocks In the S&P 500?

If you are looking to generate additional income or balance out your portfolio with some great dividend-paying stocks, there are many excellent options to choose from among the stocks in the S&P

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Verizon Will Keep Losing Subscribers in 2023 If This 1 Thing Doesn't Change

There wasn't a whole lot to cheer about in Verizon's (NYSE: VZ) first-quarter earnings report, and management latched on to a very interesting metric to start its report.

"Company's total wireless

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3 High-Yielding Dividend Stocks That Could Pay You Forever

There has been no shortage of companies cutting dividends in the past year. That's just one way management teams have been scaling back their spending amid the current economic turbulence. But it

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Better Buy: Verizon vs. AT&T

Depending on your investment goals, dividends may or may not be a huge factor in which stocks you purchase. Dividends can be powerful tools for investors, particularly for those approaching or in

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Down 24% to 34%, These Monster Dividend Stocks Could Be Picking Up Steam

Dividend stocks can be a great way to invest. Furthermore, building and regularly adding to dividend-paying stocks can generate passive income for retirement.

So let's have a look at two stocks with

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Is This Discounted Dividend Stock Worth Your Money?

U.S. telecom giant Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) has struggled, ceding customers to competitors like AT&T and T-Mobile over the past several quarters.

Dividend investors got some good news when

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2 Fantastic Dividend Stocks Yielding 5% to Buy Now

A high yield is not enough to make a stock attractive for dividend investors. A generous dividend must be sustainable in good times and in bad. The post-pandemic global economy, marked by high

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Best High-Yield Dividend Stock to Buy: Verizon vs. 3M vs. Chevron

Verizon (NYSE: VZ), 3M (NYSE: MMM), and Chevron (NYSE: CVX) each pay a solid dividend to investors who own the stock. This video will highlight which of these three dividend stocks is the best to

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High-Yielding Verizon’s Stock Price Reversal is Imminent

Verizon (NYSE: VZ) has been on the brink of completing a reversal for months and may do so now that the Q1 results are in. The Q1 results are mixed but include better-than-expected margin

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This one wireless service stock could blow past earnings

Now that the Federal Reserve (the Fed) has pivoted its strategy to the opposite end of where it had been throughout 2023, meaning they are now proposing to cut interest rates after an aggressive

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Verizon and AT&T: One is a high-yield value, the other a trap

Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) and AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) have presented value and yield to investors for years. 

However, they failed to sustain interest in their stocks, creating a drag on

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How do T-Mobile, AT&T & Verizon look ahead of earnings?

Telecom stocks as a group are entering 2024 as “middle-of-the-pack” players. 

Relative to the broader Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSEARCA: XLC), telecoms as a group lagged in

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AT&T could be the best placeholder stock before rate cuts come

A significant shift is about to come to the financial markets, as the forces that push and pull stock prices are pivoting from one end to the opposite in the coming months. Interest rates act as a

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T-Mobile is suddenly the industry gem with analyst target boosts

There are always stocks that feel very cold to the touch, especially shivering to those who cannot afford to buy thousands of shares to make every uptick count. Companies in the technology sector

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High-yield, low-beta value plays for buy-and-hold investors

With risk omnipresent in the market and more reason than 1 to fear a recession, value, yield, and beta are more critical for successful investing than ever. If nothing else, volatility should be