It’s official. Fidelity’s Magellan Fund (FMAGX) is being re-opened for new investors. This fund at one point in 1997 became so large that the fund closed itself to new funds and outside…
The No.2 man at Verizon (VZ) told an investing conference that the telecom company was not seeing any effect from the economic slowdown. Management from News Corp (NWS) made similar comments recently.…
Wall St. was taken by surprise when AT&T’s (T) chief said that the company was seeing soft home phone and internet business. So far, wireless spending seems OK. Since big company CEOs…
According to Reuters, Bear Stearns (BSC) replaced its CEO James Cayne who will remain chairman. Reuters writes that the CEO of Best Buy (BBY) sees the retail climate getting tougher. Reuters writes…
AT&T (T) commented today that its consumer business was being hurt by a slow economy. Shares of AT&T and Verizon (VZ) have both done well this year due to strong cellular business…
The telecom companies are all over cable with their new-fiber-to-the-home offerings. The new tech from AT&T (T) and Verizon (VZ) seems to be taking broadband and TV customers from firms like Comcast…
On tonight’s MAD MONEY on CNBC, Jim Cramer wanted to look for stocks with both appreciation potential that also offer capital preservation. He, just like us, believes we are starting to price…
Shares in AT&T (T) are up 70% over the last two years. The S&P is up less than 20% for that period. But, the big telephone company may not be able to…
According to Reuters, AT&T (T) may take a stake in Malaysia’s TM International Reuters writes that weak Wall St. bonuses may cut into some luxury spending. The Wall Street Journal reports that…
Vonage (VG) settles a patent dispute with a larger company about once a month. The latest one was with Nortel (NT), a broken telecom equipment supplier which has plenty of problems of…
2007 was one volatile year and for now it appears that will be the norm for at least the start of 2008. Everyone’s favorite market pundit or least liked pundit is obviously…
The Dogs of the Dow aren’t necessarily the worst performers of the prior year, but they pay the highest the dividend yields. We wanted to review the 10 Dogs of the Dow…
Cell carriers like AT&T (T) and Vodafone (VOD) have run into the problem that their home markets are becoming saturated. By many estimates, there are over 250 million cellphones in the US.…
Since it is year-end, we wanted to compile a list of the 2008 likely Dogs of the Dow. We included Friday’s closing prices for each DJIA component and we also gave the…
Google’s (GOOG) new Android software system for cell phones was supposed to usher in an era of consumer choice. Handsets would become open and their functions would no longer be controlled by…
