AT&T CFO Defends Spinoff, Saying It Benefits Retail Investors

Text size AT&T’s chief financial officer, Pascal Desroches. Courtesy AT&T AT&T is defending its move to spin off its big stake in WarnerMedia rather than pursue a split-off, or excha...

AT&T’s Move to Spin Off WarnerMedia Disappoints Investors

Text size AT&T plans to pay a $1.11 annual dividend, down from the current $2.08 a share. Stefani Reynolds /AFP via Getty Images AT&T ‘s decision Tuesday to spin off its stake in WarnerMedia t...

AT&T to Spin Off WarnerMedia, Plans Deep Cut to Its Dividend

Text size Justin Sullivan/Getty Images AT&T said Tuesday it would spin off its interest in WarnerMedia following WarnerMedia’s merger with Discovery . AT&T (ticker: T) also said its board appr...

Why AT&T May Be Leaning Toward a Spinoff of Its Discovery Stake

AT&T may be leaning toward a straightforward spinoff of the 71% stake in the new Warner Bros. Discovery in the coming months rather than a complex “split-off,” or exchange offer. A transaction in ...

Giant Bank Bought Up Apple, Comcast Stock. It Dropped AT&T and Visa.

Text size German banking giant Commerzbank bought up Apple stock in the fourth quarter. Dreamstime A German banking giant made some abrupt changes in its U.S.-traded investments. Commerzbank initiated...

Investor Bought Up Moderna and Nvidia Stock. It Sold Salesforce and Sirius XM.

Text size A large U.K.-based asset manager bought up Moderna and Nvidia stock in the fourth quarter. Clement Mahoudeau/AFP via Getty Images A large U.K.-based asset manager made big changes in its U.S...

Comcast, Chevron, and 7 More Companies That Just Boosted Their Stock Dividends

Text size Comcast raised its dividend this week. Jeff Fusco/Getty Images for Comcast Chevron , Comcast , and Kimberly-Clark were among the many U.S. companies that declared dividend increases this wee...

Tech Is Falling Again. Why Apple, Tesla, and Other Tech Stocks Are Still Buys.

Text size Apple and other tech stocks have had a rough start to 2022. They could still be good picks. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Tech stocks are getting slammed yet again, for familiar reasons. Inve...

Spin or Split? AT&T Has a Big Decision to Make on Discovery Stake.

Text size An AT&T store on Sixth Avenue in Manhattan. Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images Spin or split? That is the decision that AT&T (ticker: T) faces as it considers what do with a 71% stake...

DirecTV to Drop OAN Conservative News Channel

DirecTV said Friday it plans to drop conservative news channel One America News Network, a move that could sharply reduce the pro-Trump channel’s audience. “We informed Herring Networks that, followin...

Satellite TV Can’t Be Saved With a DirecTV-Dish Merger

Text size In some parts of the country where cable access is limited, Dish and DirecTV remain the only way to get pay-TV subscriptions. Daniel Acker/Bloomberg For 20 years now, Dish Network and rival ...

These 3 ETFs let you play the hot semiconductor sector, where Nvidia, Micron, AMD and others are growing sales rapidly

Semiconductor stocks may continue to be an excellent area of the market for investors, even though the prospect of a long period of rising interest rates has put pressure on some high-flying technolog...

Disney’s ‘longer, slower profit climb’ could stop the stock from rising, says analyst

Walt Disney Co. faces a “longer, slower profit climb” that could limit upside for its shares, in the view of one analyst. In particular, Disney DIS, -4.09% risks seeing “additional and more prolonged ...

AT&T Stock Can Close Gap With Verizon. Why Shares Might Be a Buy.

Text size A sign is posted in front of an AT&T retail store in San Rafael, California. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images AT&T could finally start catching up to its main rival, prompting analysts a...

Has AT&T stock been punished enough? One analyst says the ‘bear case’ is mostly exhausted

After another year of underperformance versus the S&P 500, AT&T Inc.’s “bear case” may have mostly played itself out, according to an analyst. While AT&T T, +2.74% still faces a number of ...

Is it time to fight the Fed? This veteran strategist says the central bank won’t risk a 20% drop in house prices and a 30% slide in stocks.

The bond bears have been in ascendance this week, even before the release of the latest minutes from the last Federal Open Market Committee meeting. The yield on the 10-year Treasury has jumped 23.7 b...

Discovery Stock Soars After an Analyst Upgrade. Why the Stock Could Double.

Text size Dreamstime Discovery Communications shares are roaring higher on Friday, after an analyst upgraded the stock and issued a price target 75% above Thursday’s closing price in a 30-page report....

20 cheap value stocks that Wall Street expects to rise up to 58%

There are plenty of arguments for why the bull market for U.S. stocks will continue in 2022. But investors’ focus appears to have shifted recently in favor of value stocks, rather than the growth stoc...