VZ

DIYPeace

It’s about time for my stable value holdings of TMUS, VZ, DTE.DE to see gains.

Hopeful-Frosting7976

Consumer Staples are dead money right now, even as people rush to safety.  You might want to look into other defensive sectors like health care, BMY is my top performer behind only VZ.  They are both undervalued and high yielders with lots of cash.

2Loves2loves

VZ / T 5 g is still going to be a big deal... someday.

CUbuffGuy

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Spicyboi981

Oil would still be more expensive bc costs more to refine VZ crude

shmito17

Why is VZ (Verizon) holding up? We know you love being in the $40’s. Go back down.

Maximum-Side-9391

VZ and T have been a sneaky safety net this year. It is almost a guarantee they will be green on days when most of the market is down.

AR227

Long term you're right, but VZ production is basically halted and it would take massive Capex spend to get vz heavy crude to start flowing again in volume. Thesis is correct but this is more sentiment rather than substance driven atm.

Embarrassed_Job_6662

Strait talks are going well! So time to buy VZ?

Rare-ish_Birb

I mean, if you had $ 50k in your account, just buy VZ every time it drops below $50 and sell when it breaches $51.

johndsmits

what are the chances 🥭 was talking about peace deal with Ukraine and not Iran? (or VZ?). Chances?

ArchicadMaster

Sold VZ csp and bought SPY Puts. Am I regarded yet?

Fauster

Speech ongoing. When they pushed Trump on the statements for Iran denying negotiations, Trump said that was bad info. Trump says no, they aren't negotiating the Supereme leader, who they are negotiating with he won't say so they don't get killed. So, same pattern: oil goes above 100, or Trump tweets something disastrously stupid/a literal war crime, Bessent and co. go into damage control. Trump says this is short, it's almost over. Friday-ish arrival of the MEU that was protecting Taiwan/or getting ready for evacuation of execs. It will be longer before more marines arrive. Can they take Kharg or Islands in the strait? For sure. Then they have to hold it under mobile artillery fire from all directions. This is a mission creep situation, and they aren't protecting all the ships from mines, all the oil and LNG facilities and desalination plants. Civilization is fragile. I think folks who trade at all should have some cash and hedges ready for Friday night, though whether it goes well probably won't be immediately clear. Now Trump is saying the Straight will be controlled by Me, maybe me, me and the Ayatollah, whoever that is, "we are dealing with some people I find to be very reasonable very solid and the people within know who they are, they're very respected, and maybe one of them will be exactly who we are looking for, look at VZ and how we are doing there..." "oil will drop like a rock as soon as a deal is done. we have a very serious chance of a deal, I'm not guaranteeing anything, I'm not comping back in a **week or two weeks** and you say, oh you said, I didn't say anything. We are in the throes of a real possibility of making a deal."

Fastertoday62

Decide how long your time line is with-a percentage of your cash. If you are comfortable with 10 plus years with a percentage of it ,buy in over time in tranches.For relative safety invest in vanguard index funds as their rates are some of the lowest in-the industry. I would agree VOO is very heavily weighted with AI stocks ,therefore would buy only some and only on a dip(15% or more off from the high ) ,diversify with VT,VTI and a vanguard value stock index . Also buy in on dips of 15% or more , off the high . It’s not guaranteed it will drop this much , but all the indexes are overbought and correction time is due and with geopolitical factors being what they are , likely to drive indexes down further . Diversify. Synchrony Bank has a 4.1% cd for 14 mos . Just tied up a significant chunk that I will not worry about and can sleep at night . Will buy into the market on broader dips, 15% down from highs, and more if 20%. Buying certain stocks that are value and have fallen in the broader drop but still have good value. Looking at Canadian stocks in us index. Recently have bought BN,MAIN,NNN,VICI ,ARCC ,VZ (at 39) ,BEP (at 19). With the exception of BN have bought in retirement accounts. Others, let me know your thoughts on these. Open to discussions . I have a long watch list and waiting for fundamentals to line up to buy.

shmito17

Short VZ (Verizon). Thank me later.

badasimo

Blue chips need to suffer for me to really take notice. Right now they are considered a safe haven. But if things are truly bad you will see WMT, VZ etc start to suffer.

SpecialistPlastic729

US special operations soldiers are highly skilled. However, they are in-and-out; they are not trained, equipped, or intended for sustained operations. Neither are the Marines. If Kharg Island is to be seized, then the Marines will be needed to immediately land after the SOF forces seize key locations. And at some point over the next few months the Army will need to relieve the Marines. This is if all goes well. Dropping SOF onto Kharg is incredibly risky. The Iranians have plenty of time to get their best fighters on the island and prepare the defenses. This isn’t VZ, and the Iranians have experience with US tactics. They can call in artillery from the mainland, and could lay fiber so the comms can’t be jammed or intercepted. The US would have to have close air support and the Iranians would jam GPS and laser designation systems. This forces the jets to low altitudes where they are vulnerable to MANPADS, or mobile SAM systems on the mainland. Even if ultimately successful, the Iranian leadership sees this war as an existential crisis. They are not going to be dissuaded by losing oil revenues, and will realize that this will exacerbate the oil shortages caused by their de facto blockade of the Strait. It will hurt us more than them. Seizure of Kharg is stupid, risky, and unlikely to achieve anything of value in changing Iran’s position. So of course, Trump will do it.

Hopeful-Frosting7976

Same.  D, O, and VZ are propping up my whole portfolio.

ThinkingOfTheOldDays

Solar, ev, and renewables are irrelevant power sources for military action, and choking off China's access to the commodity streams from VZ and Iran are adequate compensating shortages to combat their dominance of rare earth and other critical material supply chains. It's unfortunate that mango is heading up these efforts but they are necessary 

Little_Lebowski_007

This is exactly how it happened for my city. Neighboring cities has FiOS, our city government had been begging Verizon for a decade, but VZ said no. Suddenly Ting shows up and starts installing new fiber and VZ finds the funds to run FiOS. I signed up when a salesman hit my door. Went from 300Mbps for $150 (Comcast) to 1 Gig for $90. Then Comcast starts throwing out 1 Gig for $80.

johndsmits

fyi, some China/India ships passing through. may 2 Singapore so far. They wouldn't be if mines are laid (should be the case by tomorrow). West nations? gotta go buy VZ or Russia oil, which is still in the ground, lol.

tomlucas66

I am wheeling about 3% of my Vanguard Sep IRA (which earns an astounding 7.9%), and so far haven’t lost money . I find rather than paper trading, a small account keeps my attention, and the worst that can happen is ending up bag holding a couple stocks that pay a dividend and grow with the economy (T and VZ). For now I’m just using Vanguard for trading, but may move to TorS. I’m extremely grateful for Reddit option communities!

d33p7r0ubl3

VZ is a hold forever stock with its dividend. Hopefully you keep the shares

Tizaj

Puts? Or calls? Were you shorting VZ?

spartanburt

I'm coming up on 4 years but I am actually pretty close to wheeling my way out of VZ bags.  I used covered puts too to average down occasionally. 

23-1-20-3-8-5-18

Companies already told Trump the child crusher that its not worth it to even invest in VZ. If there is one group that wont just give in to the old fat ass its investors.

Redd868

I bought Verizon under $40 because I was staring at a 7% dividend. The risk was, dividends could be cut. But they came out with a share buyback announcement, and that got rid of worries about a dividend cut. That share buyback is what put the spike in VZ's price. One thing about Verizon is, they have a lot of debt. But, it's looking like the federal government can't fiscally carry on without cheapening its debt, and if it cheapens federal debt, it'll cheapen all debt. So, dollar devaluation would wind up being a free lunch for Verizon. That's what went into my decision in buying Verizon.

Rare-ish_Birb

Just need VZ to announce something so my VZ 47p print. An investment in Iraqnian telecom infastructure...doesn't matter...idc

Nearly-Retired_20

VZ since 1995

abhicoinexpansion

Verizon’s rally isn’t just defensive; it’s a **turnaround story**. While tech is getting hit by jobs data and Iran tensions, VZ is smashing expectations. New CEO Dan Schulman’s "win-back" strategy just delivered their highest subscriber gains since 2019, turning a "boring" stock into a high-yield growth play Once things settle, their massive $21.5B free cash flow guidance and 5%+ yield should keep the floor solid while they cross-sell Frontier fiber to wireless users

EveryPassage

I think it's more a VZ/Telecom story than a defensive play per se. Verizon was beaten down for the last few years because T mobile has been very aggressive at taking share. Now VZ has a new CEO and he is committing to changing their cost structure and being more aggressive about maintaining market share. At the same time T mobile has eased off the gas a little bit by increasing the prices on their standard plans and their guidance for 2026 was the least new accounts in years. So I think investors are generally optimistic that the worst is over for VZ and even if they can't grow like T Mobile has they are unlikely to hemorrhage a ton of customers and risk their cash flow.

DiaBall

GE, BX, PFE, MO, T, VZ, PM, C ET KMI, etc.. 2008-2009 bought during the crash. Also MU at around $12. Power of compounding dividend drips is crazy lol

partymsl

Iran and VZ, these are some big hits for China no matter what. 4% oil is not nothing.

MD_Yoro

Venezuela oil accounts for 4% of total Chinese oil import. China was also tired of VZ bullshit by not servicing its debt. VZ was a marginal effect for China, given how China kept rejecting further investment into VZ despite VZ asking for Chinese development of their oil fields >great news for the people of VZ It’s the same Maduro regime in power, the Chávez party. Literally nothing changed for the locals. The same people are still in charge except for one guy. How illiterate of global news are you?

Cav829

So the one difference from earlier in the week is defensive stocks are now being sold off. KO, PEP, WMT, VZ, etc. all down to various degrees. WMT in particular is approaching 5% down. Could still end up being a massive rotation.

Totallycomputername

Sold some calls today on VZ, never seen those premiums so high. 

Bronkko

VZ is slightly up!

TACO_Orange_3098

from what i have read, the oil VZ pumps is heavy sour crude and it is not ideal for car gas usage .... but since the EPA is no longer caring , i am not sure exactly what to tell you ........ i guess buy O2 tanks in case you need to breathe ..... this is the Gemini answer : In summary, Venezuelan oil is usable for U.S. cars only after complex, intensive refining, and it is generally considered "dirty" oil that requires significant, costly processing compared to lighter, sweeter alternatives

pmotiveforce

It's all kind of obvious in hindsight if you assume 🥭is a literal moron. First, he wants to attack Iran. Decides to last year. But oil. And markets. Hmm.. OK, I need oil. I will get it from Venezuela. Two birds one stone. Let's do it on a weekend, market won't react much. OK, turns out I can't just get all the oil I want immediately from VZ. Oh well. I'm sure it'll all work out, fuck it let's do another weekend thing.

yamni_zintkala

If you want to diversify from a HYSA, then yes a cash brokerage is an option. Depending on the state you file taxes a muni bond ETF or mutual fund is a good option. A broad market mutual fund or ETF is also good. Then I'd look at the large cap dividend company stocks like PFE, GIS, VZ, T. Buy 5 shares a week. Collect all the S&P100 or 500 or 1000! Ok maybe that's ludacris. But you get the idea.

dhx020

Verizon employee RSU vesting date 3/1/2026, first payout is 3/10/2026 Last year, stock price dropped 10% on first payout day. Historically since Verizon's "Stock Together' initiative was introduced in 2020, every mid March, VZ has a giant red candle drop (usually between March 10 and March 18) Of course it could be coincidental... But I doubt it.

dhx020

!banbet VZ -10% 3/20/26

dhx020

I'll give you guys free advice. Hold a short position in VZ for next week. Just trust me.

frankslastdoughnut

yeah. It's a pre revenue tech company that just got full EPA approval (EU and UK as well) to sell a nano wonder material. If you are looking for established revenue, this probably isn't the play for you sugar plum. Go buy VISA or VZ or some shit.

kool_mandate

lol into PG , KO, , LLY, MCD, VZ, GIS This is textbook It’s basically automated , triggered panic selling in best of class growth companies into value. But once pessimism is baked in, the panic buying back in will follow, and no one will give you a heads up “it’s time to buy CRWD again “ first Because the same people having to answer to angry clients about capital preservation are the same people that lose angry clients if they underperform This is where retail can have an edge

buppiejc

It made a doji on Friday. It’s also a defense stock, like VZ, DG, and LMT as examples.

Outrageous_Tip_2133

or an entire sector gets repriced (P/E gets compressed) like AT&T (T) and Verizon (VZ) did during the dot com crash.

ETFBro4DaWinz

PYPL like VZ a few weeks ago were ultimate retail bets. Big companies, solid income and a new CEO incoming. Instead guys on three digit ports chase Musk & co

ETFBro4DaWinz

A company like PYPL at these prices and new CEO incoming, like VZ a few months ago. These are the perfect set ups for retail. Just dont hold for too long or cheap call a few months out. No brainer tbh

drew-gen-x

And in fairness, Microsoft and the other software companies they may 1. Not lose any pricing power. They somehow convince companies to pay the same subscriber total USD amount per business vs per end user. 2. Still be relevant just like AT&T and Verison, but their pricing power is gone so their valuation are repriced much lower like $T and $VZ. 3. We go back to 2022 and AI is not the game changer the market things it is. In this case this is a generational BTD for $MSFT and $IGV stocks. But it is a risk that COULD burn many here they don't diversify out of $IGV and $QQQ.

Distinct-Race-2471

I say he should bet the whole $14 on VZ options

askepticoptimist

I'm up quite a bit, mainly caus undervalued non-tech stocks are finally having their day. Make a ton on things like UPS, VZ, DOW, etc. With a hefty dividend to boot. You need to diversify more. And don't buy overpriced tech stocks when they're...overpriced. I will note I'm using the SaaS selloff to load up on things like MSFT right now though. Just buy low, sell high. If you're buying high, you're doing it wrong.

ai-moderator

#TLDR --- Ticker: VZ Direction: Unknown Prognosis: [deleted] Status: OP ghosted us before we could lose money

rueggy

I’ve held VZ for almost two decades. I always liked the dividend but the share price appreciation has been poor. At one point a couple years ago it had fallen all the way back down to near my buy price.

Armadillo_235

The test may be accurate, but dividends are suddenly ack in vogue. Look at what has been happening with VZ and T in the last month. Dividends are factored into options prices.

Maximum-Side-9391

Walmart will be more volatile I own VZ options long not sure what you bought in at but not selling them atm.

gavphein

Also hopped in on a VZ $48.5 call until 2/20… Friday didn’t look the best but hoping it gets to $49.5. By eow

Origania

ASTS really rented out to VZ and T?

Th3_Curious_one

Good News and momentum. I noticed that for the past couple of weeks VZ, WMT, & O were heavily in the news with big bullish activity. So I decided to buy calls so that I could catch & join the movement.

Faultyassasin18

Hey everyone, i've been really kicking around two different investment strategies for the next 20 years to build wealth and create passive income, and wanted some input on both- an initial $10k investment in high dividend stocks (either VZ or GAIN) and then DRIPing and a constant $500 a month investment vs a diversified ETF Strategy with the same initial investment and monty contribution. The strategy would be 60% VTI, 30% VOO, and 10% VUG. To offset the dividend income gap, i'd switch that over to 50% SCHD and 50% JEPI towards the last few years. I have a high risk tolerance, which is why I don't mind putting it all in a single stock vs diversification. All this to say: which have you seen be more successful- Dividend investing or ETFs for long term wealth?

EveryoneCanWin

I have XOM, CVX, ORCL, MSFT, NET, VZ, WMT, COST and a lot of silver and gold.

Rare-ish_Birb

Love Scotty-boy, and my poots are VZ 50pz

rcantu314

On the real, people are flocking to old reliable dividend stocks like T VZ and JNJ

fog_rolls_in

VZ is the new GLD

ETFBro4DaWinz

Cash gang just watching on sidelines thinkingbthey are smart getting beaten by guy with like 5% VZ

Humble_Explanation32

VZ in 3 year highs, rotation to defensive?

cbusoh66

I posted this [exactly one year ago](https://www.reddit.com/r/stocks/s/fZHJmGESDN): >ASTS needs several billion dollars to build its satellites, they have $500 million after diluting their shareholders few months ago. They will need to dilute continually, this is a very capital-intensive business. They will either declare bankruptcy or become one of those wannabe TV satellite companies barely limping by as T and VZ collect any minuscule revenue. They will not survive against Musk's Starlink, no matter what the cult tells you about their superior "tech" >https://www.fierce-network.com/wireless/can-direct-cell-satellite-services-make-money They have raised 3 times more since then, and managed to launch a grand total of, wait for it, 1 satellite since that post. Fucking 1 single satellite. They promise 60 by end of 2026 and 248 for full service. The greatest corporate grift in history.

Rare-ish_Birb

GS, CAT and VZ the new kids on the DJIA block soaking up the capital leaving MSFT, AMZN and UNH.

AnotherPassword239

MRK, PFE, XOM, MSFT, VZ Hopefully SPXC but need to add some more

rit3000

Any thoughts on VZ with current senate hearing and potential for public sentiment along with fines?

Anxious_Cheetah5589

Probably true in mega cap tech. Stodgy dividend payers have done very well lately (PFE, CAT, JNJ, WMT, MRK, VZ, etc). It feels like a collapse if you're overweight tech, but it's really just a healthy rotation.

Brodiesattva

Well, I don't buy individual equities for stocks that I won't use, I just dropped VZ and have had nothing but trouble in the past year. You can look at r/verizon and check out all of the negative posts, (mine included) so no, I don't expect VZ to be a winning stock in the near future. Until they clean up their support and billing act they will continue to lose market share and earn the same reputation as AT&T. As another rule (besides the if I won't use them, I won't buy them) there is the "you can't lay off to profitability" Not saying that it can't be done but the layoffs at VZ were done poorly and the replacement services that they got 'at a bargain' are 'you get what you pay for'

ArtisticFrame5790

Dole and VZ were my only green stocks last couple days. Today they were red when I last checked while everything else was green. In hindsight I should have questioned them starting to go up before the last two days

StockCasinoMember

Majority going into SPY/VOO. TQQQ secondary. Gonna let all of the individual stocks get hammered more before I start buying them. All the individual stocks that I was buying over the last few months are all up now and I’ve started selling them. XOM, VZ, KO etc..

famguy31

VZ is good ( I went with T just cause that’s who I use. (It’s had a good 10% pop) )

thedailymoo23

VZ

Consistent_Rule101

Because VZ,WMT,T ,KR , XOM don't go down like this.

No_Cow_8702

Pepsi, Phillip Morris, T, VZ, and utility stonks

CouchPotatoFamine

As a long time holder in UPS, VZ and KO, I thank you for your sacrifice.

StockCasinoMember

Long term DCA, swing trades, and day trading is where it is at. Last few months I was buying O, VZ, KO, XOM, T, and others when those were getting bitch smacked. Now I’m slowly selling those. Now I am going to continue to DCA into SPY/VOO mainly and slow DCA into TQQQ. I bought some bitcoin and Mara today for long term hold. Could care less what the market does. I’ll continue to DCA daily.

HedgehogGood7411

VZ up after hours. "Can you hear me now" -damn good campaign ad

Feisty-Hat2629

Was almost going to sell my VZ. Bought it a couple of years ago just for the dividend. Was happy with a 10% price appreciation and then watched it drop to level from initial purchase. Glad I hung on to it.

Hopeful-Frosting7976

Everything tech. In the past few days, I have had VZ and then BMY rocket up on beats. For now, value and income are having a few days of a moment.

Excellent_Jeweler_43

It is all about rotation imo. Stocks like VZ, UPS, PM, O, BATS and so on got ridiculously cheap around the AI craze. Now we will see a move the other way around when people start selling off tech stocks to move to boring stocks. Then you move in to tech stocks and so on, it’s literally running against the herd kind of thing.

Excellent_Jeweler_43

There is one value investing sub on reddit, told them I am buying Verizon a while ago and got downvoted to fuck, have no intention to go there again. People here are losing their shit, while my BATS, PM, VZ and UL have been doing great

flatfisher

1W change for VZ is +20%, PEP +12%, AAPL +10%, WMT 9%, etc. SPY 1W change is down only 2%. What is melting is what Redditors are over exposed to: Software, AI, precious metals and cryptos.

Large_Black_Sloppy_D

This is the great, BRIEF, roll into old people stocks. Traditional, dividend IRAs stocks > BS speculative tickers still in need of monster corrections, like OKLO (Buy... VZ PG DOW NEE ...etc.)

negronium_ions

Aren't those bands owned by ASTS partners (ATT/VZ) and not by Tmobile?

Extension_Dog_8511

Rotated into Dividend stocks the week before Christmas. CAG, KHC, VZ and NOG have made me MONEY while y'all's bag of chips gets rekt.

Rare-ish_Birb

VZ then? 😜

Independent_Wind1270

VZ for the win

Independent_Wind1270

VZ and T. All day. Calls are so cheap

Independent_Wind1270

Lumen is in the mix too for sure. They're not profitable though and could be a takeover target with a small market cap. People are also underestimating the data needs that consumer households will need for AI. The last mile so to speak. That's where T and VZ differ from Lumen

Independent_Wind1270

Telco Boomer stocks are the next AI play. Need fiber to transmit all the data. ATT and Verizon are expanding this year. Buying leaps for T and VZ. Verizon alone at a 13x PE is $65 - almost 50% upside just buying shares. Easy value

MagicJuggler

EMR Electric up 3.5% after earnings. KO at an all-time high. VZ is soaring. ...is 2026 going to be the year of the Boomer stock?

Aggravating_Sir_4709

means nothing. Every company does weird sh\*t before earnings. VZ a perfect example.

Humble_Explanation32

big rotation into defensive stocks. VZ, PG, WMT, some sh1t is cooking right now

mixtape312

WMT, VZ, PG, green dildo candles

macvelli

Eh VZ still owns 10%

No_Cow_8702

Consumer defensive and standard utilities. Think $PM, $T, $VZ, $DUK