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Income investors have piled into Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) this year, sending the stock up 21.4% year to date as the crowd chases a 5.78% dividend yield and the company’s old “premium network” reputation. But here’s what you should actually be watching. Verizon is the textbook telecom value trap. The stock now carries a $199.3 billion ... Forget Wall Street’s Ultimate Telecom Value Trap and Buy the Real Free Cash Flow King

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The SpaceX initial public offering is one of a kind; the investment opportunity is not. SpaceX’s IPO is arguably the biggest capital-markets event ever, and unique. SpaceX’s singularity will continue when it starts trading, with the company added to the just 15 trading days after the offering, requiring passive buying of 10% to 15% of the shares outstanding, and a massive amount of retail participation in the IPO.

Elon Musk's SpaceX may not be taking part in the AWS-3 reauction. But telecom stocks AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile may face a new worry in 2027.

T teams up with LiveOne and Cisco to boost Connected Car entertainment, simplify billing via embedded SIM and bring 5G to Rivian R2.

Verizon shares climb 8.6% in six months as subscriber gains, broadband growth and AI initiatives boost results, but key risks remain.

AT&T, Comcast and Chipotle stocks all fell to 52-week lows on Thursday amid a broader downturn in consumer companies.

CFO Claire McDonough said Rivian is seeing Amazon van volumes grow year over year.

On June 4, 2026, investors are weighing today's Supreme Court ruling against AT&T and Verizon, while digesting yesterday's analyst downgrade.

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) on Thursday closed up +0.41%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed up +1.73%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed down -0.53%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM26 ) rose +0.36%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures...

In May 2026, telcos, OEMs, and retailers launched 1,094 smartphone promos (up 14% MoM), driven by trade-ins, bundles, and new line discounts. Service plan updates and Motorola device launches fuelled this surge.

T has fallen 19.3% in three months, but fiber expansion, 5G growth and bundled services are boosting retention amid debt and competition concerns.

Shares of telecommunications conglomerate AT&T (NYSE:T) fell 3.8% in the afternoon session after Oppenheimer downgraded the stock to 'Perform' from 'Outperform,' citing rising competitive threats from low-Earth-orbit satellite internet providers.

The U.S. Supreme Court backed the Federal Communications Commission's system for levying fines, ruling on Thursday against wireless carriers AT&T and Verizon in their challenge to the agency and handing a win ‌to President Donald Trump's administration. At issue in the legal dispute was whether the agency's in-house proceedings for ‌imposing the penalties deprived the companies of their right to a jury trial under the U.S. Constitution. Trump's administration defended the FCC's system for assessing financial penalties, known ​as forfeiture orders.

At the 24% federal bracket, a portfolio throwing off $40,000 in high-yield dividend income hands roughly $9,600 to the IRS every year when those shares sit in a taxable account treated as ordinary income. For investors in the gap years between retirement and RMD age 73, that drag compounds quietly until required minimum distributions force ... How to Maximize Dividend Income in Retirement Before RMDs Change the Math

The AI boom is making one old-school commodity more valuable. Now companies are dealing with the costly consequences.

All the major Wall Street firms we cover here at 24/7 Wall St. have a list of the top stock picks for their institutional and retail clients to invest in. Typically, these are companies that analysts have a high level of conviction in and feel strongly about their fundamentals and forward-looking prospects. In addition, they ... JP Morgan’s Analyst Focus List for June Has 5 Top Passive Income Dividend Picks

Net margins, fiber investments, and global footprints set these tower REITs apart. See how their financials and risk profiles stack up for 2026.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX which will probably get a $1.8 trillion price tag when it debuts on the Nasdaq next week, carries a host of superlatives. Part of the problem is SpaceX itself. The company combines Musk’s space, satellite, social media, and artificial intelligence divisions, and is expected to float roughly 555 million shares with a share price of about $135.

A combined household income of $110,000 is close to the national norm for a two-earner household. For a 56-year-old couple hoping to retire at age 60 and fund their lifestyle entirely through dividend income, that annual amount becomes the income target their portfolio must replace. The basic calculation is straightforward: divide the desired income by ... Can Pure Dividend Stocks Replace a $110,000 Dual-Income Household Income? Here’s What It Would Take

AT&T (NYSE:T) has been downgraded by a major Wall Street analyst, citing rising competitive pressure in broadband from satellite providers. SpaceX’s expanding satellite internet service, Starlink, is highlighted as a potential long term threat to AT&T’s core broadband business. The announcement of a SpaceX IPO is drawing fresh attention to satellite broadband and raising questions about future market share across the sector. AT&T (NYSE:T) is a key player in US telecoms, with broadband as an...

T-Mobile is boosting its appeal to customers amid recent challenges in retaining their loyalty. The carrier is rolling out additional free customer perks after seeing a slight uptick in churn over the past few months. During an earnings call in April, T-Mobile CEO Srini Gopalan said the ...

Elon Musk’s SpaceX, which is likely to get a $1.8 trillion price tag when it debuts on the Nasdaq next week, carries a host of superlatives. Part of the problem is SpaceX itself. The company combines Musk’s space, satellite, social media, and artificial intelligence divisions, and is expected to float 555 million shares next week with a share price of around $135.

According to Reuters, SpaceX (SPAX.PVT) is gunning for an IPO date of Friday, June 12, with hopes to begin trading on the Nasdaq at $135 per share. This could launch the value of Elon Musk's private space operator to $2 trillion. Yahoo Finance Senior Reporter Pras Subramanian lays out the most valuable segments of the space company that Wall Street is watching.

Oppenheimer just downgraded AT&T stock to “Perform,” citing incoming SpaceX competition. Find out more.

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Such concerns led Oppenheimer analyst Timothy Horan to downgrade shares of AT&T to Perform from Outperform on Wednesday and removed his previous price target of $32. Rising competition from providers of satellite broadband, like Amazon Leo and SpaceX’s Starlink, could take market share from AT&T’s internet business. SpaceX is expected to go public next week, and Horan says the IPO will highlight the risks satellite poses to AT&T.

SpaceX will disrupt the $1.6 trillion U.S. communications industry as the Elon Musk-led company's ‌satellite broadband unit Starlink expands, Oppenheimer said in a ‌note on Wednesday, adding that legacy broadband providers like AT&T may be most ​at risk. • Oppenheimer said companies such as AT&T, Verizon Communications and T-Mobile could see ⁠faster declines in subscribers and revenue going forward. • Oppenheimer ​raised its 2030 estimates for ​U.S. broadband subscribers to ‌15 million from 10 million earlier.

AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) has launched a new marketing partnership with Disney (NYSE:DIS) and Pixar centered on the upcoming release of Toy Story 5, combining original advertising content, retail activations and community-focused events ahead of the film’s theatrical debut on June 19.

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