Text size AT&T shares have risen 10% since April 8. Stefani Reynolds / AFP via Getty Images Since the AT&T spinoff of its 71% stake in Warner Bros. Discovery to its shareholders on April 8, ma...
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Due diligence Can Lead Investors to Some Solid Companies With Yields of about 5%.
If a stock’s yield is around 5%, it could foreshadow a dividend cut or worse. A yield that high, however, doesn’t have to spell doom. Several investors Barron’s spoke to say they can find good opportu...
‘My degree has not led to greater income.’ Can I get rid of old student loans?
How to get out of student loan debt Getty Images/iStockphoto Question: I have a degree, and I’ve been paying the student loan for about 25 years. I switched to income-driven repayment in 2011. The loa...
You need to pay more attention to dividends — this math shows why they beat inflation
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – One of the best bear-market-protection strategies is hidden in plain sight: Dividend-paying stocks. Most investors pay little attention to them. Because the stock market’s dividend...
Berkshire Hathaway Is Likely to Buy Alleghany. No Rival Bids Emerged.
Text size Alleghany’s noninsurance operations include a toy business and a steel fabricator. Dreamstime It looks like Berkshire Hathaway will succeed in buying the insurer Alleghany for $11.6 bi...
Tesla stockholders ask judge to silence Elon Musk in ‘funding secured’ fraud case
DETROIT — A group of Tesla shareholders suing CEO Elon Musk over some 2018 tweets about taking the company private is asking a federal judge to order Musk to stop commenting on the case. Lawyers for s...
Municipal Bonds Are Down So Much That They’re Buys Again
Text size Al Drago/Bloomberg A funny thing happened in the past week, as news emerged of inflation hitting a four-decade high. A few strategists started looking a bit more positively on bonds, or at l...
AT&T and WBD Stocks Both Look Attractive. Here’s Why.
Text size Barron’s praised AT&T’s Warner Bros. spinoff in a May 2021 cover story. Both stocks are attractive now. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images AT&T has officially closed the book on a tumultuo...
Warren Buffett Says He Is in Great Health With No Plans to Step Down as CEO
Text size Warren Buffett Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Fortune/Time Inc Warren Buffett says he is in excellent health and has no plans to step down as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway as he eagerly anticipate...
Procter & Gamble hikes dividend by 5%
Procter & Gamble Co. PG, -0.30% said late Tuesday its board approved a 5% dividend hike for its 66th straight year of dividend increases. The consumer products maker said it will pay a quarterly d...
Warren Buffett Showed Tough Negotiation Skills in Alleghany Deal
Text size Warren Buffett Drew Angerer/Getty Images Warren Buffett is known as a tough negotiator, and that was apparent in Berkshire Hathaway ’s negotiations to buy the insurer Alleghany when the Berk...
Cisco Stock Slumps. It Faces Competition From Arista and Juniper, Analyst Says
Text size Cisco Systems logo Gabriel Bouys/AFP via Getty Images Shares of Cisco Systems were falling Tuesday after the networking hardware and software giant was downgraded to a Sell by Citi. Analyst ...
AT&T Cut Its Dividend With the Spinoff. Why It’s Still Generous.
Text size AT&T’s dividend commitment will total around $8 billion annually. Dreamstime AT&T has officially spun off its media business, with Warner Bros. Discovery trading on its own for the f...
AT&T Stock Rises After Completion of WarnerMedia Spinoff
Text size AT&T has completed the spinoff of WarnerMedia. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images AT&T wrapped up its WarnerMedia spinoff late last week, and the stock was rising on Monday. The stock jump...
‘The Fed always screws up.’ This forecaster sees inflation peaking and U.S. stocks in a bear market by summer
Keith McCullough, founder and CEO of Hedgeye Risk Management, has been bullish on gold, silver and utilities since the start of the year, when his investment-research firm’s economic models turned bea...