BT Group spent more than 18 months looking for a buyer for its international business. Nobody bit. So BT did something different: It gave half of its international business to Verizon and kept the other half. BT and Verizon announced on June 29 that they signed an agreement to combine their ...
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Verizon Communications stock has pulled back recently despite a solid 3 year return and a high overall value score, which raises the question of whether the latest weakness is creating a genuine discount or simply reflecting rising competitive and execution risks. Verizon Communications has delivered a 39.0% return over the past 3 years, which suggests shareholders who stayed the course have been rewarded even if recent trading has turned weaker. On the one hand, recent headlines around its...
Verizon Communications (VZ) closed the most recent trading day at $42.34, moving 3.99% from the previous trading session.
Verizon announces an international joint venture with BT Group. Here’s what the agreement means for VZ shares in the second half of 2026.
Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) and Verizon (NYSE:VZ) just delivered Q1 2026 results that reveal why S&P Dow Jones Indices swapped the telecom giant out of the Dow for the search and cloud heavyweight. Alphabet is pouring cash into AI infrastructure at a historic scale. Verizon is leaning on a customer turnaround and a freshly integrated fiber footprint. ... Wall Street’s Blue-Chip Index Just Cast Out Verizon for a Higher-Risk AI Growth Machine
Verizon stock falls while AT&T and T-Mobile also decline as the investors continue to worry about Elon Musk and SpaceX encroaching into the sector.
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average recently replaced Verizon with Alphabet.
Charter Rallies After SpaceX Talks Report, But Wall Street Urges Caution
US stocks have been predicted to extend their recovery on Tuesday, as investors approach the final session of a second quarter that has delivered a strong rebound for many risk assets. Futures pointed to a slightly firmer open, with S&P 500 futures up 0.1%, Nasdaq futures up 0.35% and Dow...
Alphabet is a great company, but its dividend payout is underwhelming.
Shares of telecommunications giant Verizon (NYSE:VZ) fell 5.3% in the afternoon session after it was officially removed from the Dow Jones Industrial Average. VZ was replaced by Alphabet ending a decades-long membership.
Shares of online advertising giant Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) jumped 5% in the afternoon session after the company's shares officially debuted in the Dow Jones Industrial Average taking the slot vacated by Verizon.
Alphabet recently joined the Dow Jones Industrial Average, replacing Verizon and expanding the index’s exposure to digital advertising, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence through its diversified businesses. This elevation into the blue-chip benchmark has sharpened attention on Alphabet’s heavy AI and cloud investments, including its very large recent US$85.00 billion capital raise to fund data center and compute capacity. We’ll now examine how Alphabet’s entry into the Dow,...

<body><p>STORY: "A lot of people are kind of worried about their spending habits" regarding AI, Lang said, "but I think today is a good day. On June 29th, I think the stock is turning around here."</p><p>Alphabet shares climbed on Monday as the Google parent made its debut in the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average, replacing Verizon Communications, and immediately ranking among its most influential members.</p><p>"And look, I mean, they came in with really strong earnings the last couple of quarters in April and in January," Lang noted. "And I don't think that that's going to reverse to the downside. And I think people are picking up Alphabet, Google here as a bargain right now coming into the next quarter, which they will report towards the end of July."</p></body>
The Dow finally closed above the 52,000 the same day its newest member joined a rally in Big Tech and chip stocks. Alphabet, which replaced Verizon in the Dow this week, led the index. “This month has been VERY volatile — some of the swings have been outright historic, and in the moment, honestly a bit unsettling,” writes Mizuho’s Daniel O’Regan.
Verizon fell amid multiple industry headlines and was also booted from the Dow Industrial Average.

Market Domination Host Josh Lipton tracks several of the day's top trending stock tickers, including Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL) joining the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI). while Verizon (VZ) exits the Down and announces a new deal with BT Group, and Comcast (CMCSA) planning a split into two public companies.
Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) shares climbed about 5% on Monday after the company officially joined the Dow Jones Industrial Average, replacing Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ, XETRA:BAC) in a change that reflects the index's increasing exposure to large-cap technology and artificial...
David Bahnsen, Chief Investment Officer at The Bahnsen Group, went on CNBC this morning and did something most guests on financial television will not do when the subject is Elon Musk. He used the word “bubblicious” about a stock he owns. The stock is SpaceX (NASDAQ:SPCX), which IPO’d on June 12, 2026 and currently carries ... A Top Investor Calls SpaceX’s 83x Valuation ‘Bubblicious,’ Even If Starlink Pulls It Off
Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile all fall. Elon Musk’s SpaceX may be looking to enter the mobile phone market, which could put pressure on the cellular service providers.