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President Trump reportedly is ready to name Ajit Pai as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, a move widely believed to be a harbinger of the end to net neutrality.
These four stocks rated Buy at Merrill Lynch and that pay at least a 7% dividend look very attractive, especially for investors either seeking income or total return plays for their portfolio.
These stocks make good sense for total return growth and income accounts. While they may appear to be slow-grow telecom carriers, all have big new deals in the works to expand their capability and...
After a dramatic conclusion to the presidential race, insider buying was dramatically larger than we have seen in months, and it could continue the rest of the year.
President-elect Trump has on several occasions expressed his opposition to net neutrality, once calling it "another top down power grab."
Investors look through various research reports to find new value in many different forms. In this case one key analyst firm is making a large shift and announcing its change in preference.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Tuesday morning include AT&T, CenturyLink, Goldman Sachs, OneMain and Priceline.
Investors have learned over time that mergers can take years to accomplish. In other cases, those integrations just never really pan out.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Tuesday morning include Baker Hughes, Brocade Communications, CenturyLink, Chevron, Juniper Networks and National Oilwell Varco.
CenturyLink and Level 3 Communications announced Monday morning that the former will acquire the latter in a deal valued at $34 billion.
Regardless of what rates do, these four companies should do fine as they have very strong and mature businesses.
CenturyLink says it will lay off 8% of its workforce, or more than 3,000 employees. The wild competition within the telecom industry may make a recovery difficult.
Some profit-taking selling has knocked these four companies back into very reasonable valuation levels.
While utilities and other bond proxies have been bid to new highs as investors desperate for yield continue to buy them, other companies that provide solid yields have been forgotten about.
It’s getting harder and harder for investors seeking income. Most investors are looking for yields that are at least 4% and have some degree of safety as well.