Charles E. Phillips, the former Oracle president who went on to run Infor, now has a board seat and a filing obligation at a $191.1 billion telecom hunting for enterprise software growth. His Form 3 means every future trade he makes in the stock is public, and the enterprise playbook he built is now inside Verizon's boardroom.
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The 6%-Yielding Blue Chip Has a New Catalyst
Verizon's stock has cooled sharply after a strong year, yet two fresh growth catalysts are quietly stacking up behind a 6% yield that already pays you to wait. Whether those drivers can…
Comcast’s Dividend Keeps Growing While the Market Treats It Like a Melting Ice Cube
Comcast sits near a 52-week low with a fresh Sell rating, yet its free cash flow dwarfs what it costs to pay shareholders every quarter. Something in that math deserves a closer…
Want Income Now? 3 Stocks Paying 5% or More and the Risk That Comes With Each
Three stocks all yield above 5% and all carry decades of unbroken dividend payments, but each one asks you to accept a completely different kind of risk before that income hits your…
‘They Get You Coming In, They Get You Going Out’: Clark’s Fix for T-Mobile’s Exit Bill Trap
T-Mobile billed Luke in Virginia for an extra month after he cancelled, and the supervisor refused to budge. Clark Howard says carriers have engineered this trap into every billing cycle, but a…
Comcast Slips as KeyBanc Cuts to Underweight on Broadband Share Losses; AT&T and Verizon Hold Steady
KeyBanc’s bearish turn on broadband is pulling Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCSA | CMCSA Price Prediction) lower, while the fiber carriers winning its customers barely shift. Comcast stock is down 2% to $21.66 as…
How to Build $7,350 a Month in Dividend Income Without Owning a Single Bond
The target is $7,350 a month, or roughly $88,200 a year, generated entirely from equity, REIT, BDC, and options-income holdings. The most important consideration is that there are no bond funds. If…
Bond Market Collapse Sends Yields to Decades-Old Highs. Dividend Stocks Are Most at Risk.
The bond market is reminding investors that interest rates can move in both directions — and the latest move is creating a problem for stocks bought primarily for their income. Today, the…
How Large Does Your Portfolio Need to Be to Generate $7,050 a Month Without Selling a Single Share?
The yield you chase determines not just how much capital you need, but whether your income quietly erodes over time or quietly grows. The right answer is less obvious than most retirees…
Telecom Dividends Get Taxed Hard: Here’s How Much More You Keep With a Roth Strategy
A fat telecom yield in a taxable account quietly surrenders a chunk of itself to the IRS every single year, and the math looks very different once you line up these six…
3 Dividend Stocks Trading Cheap Enough to Buy Meaningful Stakes for Under $1,000
AT&T, Verizon, and Pfizer all trade under $50 a share, but a low entry price and genuine value are two very different things, and only one of these three high-yield names carries…
Dividends vs. an Annuity: Which Turns $590,000 Into More Monthly Income for Life?
An insurance agent and a dividend investor can both make a convincing case for turning $590,000 into a lifetime income stream, and they are describing completely different outcomes for your money, your…
T-Mobile’s $85 Billion Debt Load Won’t Feel the Fed’s Rate Hike the Way Wall Street Thinks
Wall Street's quick math on T-Mobile's rate hike exposure produces a frightening number, but that number depends on a reading of the debt stack that the actual quarterly filing does not support.
Snap Advances 4% as Specs Glasses Add Salesforce and NVIDIA Enterprise Tools; Meta Holds Steady
Snap just strapped Salesforce, NVIDIA, and Amazon onto its AR glasses and called it an enterprise play, but one critical question separates a clever demo from a real business.
Boomers Are Piling Into These 5 High-Yield Dividend Stocks, and None Are Yield Traps
Baby Boomers chasing income have learned the hard way that a double-digit yield can signal a collapsing business just as often as a generous payout. These five high-yield picks survive every red…
How a Roth IRA Can Keep Thousands More of Your High-Yield Dividend Income Compounding
Where you hold a high-yield dividend stock matters almost as much as which one you pick, and for ordinary-income payers like BDCs and REITs, the wrong account quietly erodes a portion of…