VZ

KeithLaPoodle

VZ

spartanburt

VZ bags easing up ever so slightly.  Like that temporary relief you get from adjusting a strap that's cutting into your shoulder.

TreyAU

I bought 12,300 shares of VZ & wrote 123 covered calls thinking earnings would go fine and it would be some low risk income. Fuck me, right? Now I’m stuck holding 12,300 shares of VZ until it rebounds.

spartanburt

VZ?

_hiddenscout

Honestly there is nothing wrong with that. Investing is all about risk tolerance and goals. If you don't like high risk, it makes total sense to own stuff like $VZ. That being said, I still think age makes a difference and the younger people are, the more they should be skewed towards indexes and possibly more risk, since there is more time.

taikotaki

Puts on VZ was good call

drew-gen-x

It looks like the market didn't like Verizon beat this morning. $VZ beat estimates, EPS $1.15 vs $1.12 est, but that was lower than YOY EPS $1.20. The stock is down over 3%. I don't own $VZ but I do own quite a bit of AT&T so that's a bit concerning.

Ryan-Obelisk

Why on earth is VZ plummetting? They beat estimates! https://preview.redd.it/vrheqs1wf1wc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bc9963096b1dd06c7b630bb2364c0328792b90f3

Nameless739

VZ drilling

Ill_Try1620

Anybody playing VZ earnings?

rumblepony247

I only have 8 individual dividend stocks (all quarterly scheduled), and I don't go more than 21 days without a dividend payment from someone (wasn't my intention, just how it worked out). Payment dates are all over the place. It's not hard at all to spread out payments with just a moderate effort. For reference, my holdings and their payment dates in the first quarter: 1/1 TSLX, 1/11 MO, 1/15 CAH, 2/1 VZ, 2/15 ABBV, 3/1 WFC, 3/1 ENB, 3/11 XOM

Rich-Bat-9130

VZ 5/3 4.5 calls?

quiethandle

I've been fighting SPOT with long put spreads, and getting my ass handed to me for a couple of weeks. Finally made it all back plus a cool $1,080. Had long put spreads in SMCI and NVDA, and like the scared and traumatized bear I am, I can't trust a down move (especially after the fake-out dumps Thursday morning and Thursday night), so I sold them all way, way too early. For a nice profit, though, but I could have made BANK if I didn't have trust issues. Went home with long put spreads on VZ, UAL, UNH, and XLU (aiming for a rotation out of non-tech next week). Oh yeah, I am painfully short DJT. So far still at an overall profit... Knock on wood.

ChannelNeo

Got a con for VZ earnings on Monday.

BlackAdder7

I think $VZ might be a buy before earnings. They are a boring telecom company but their profits are stable and in the current market I'd say that means alot.

Losttheminivanmoney

For my last trick, I will short VZ. *stock goes up*

HywayKind

try VZ

ZealousidealSector19

VZ your a slut

WendysSupportStaff

VZ is dogshit piece of fuck that i'm still down like 20% on in my Roth

ZealousidealSector19

VZ is bulletproof

Spins13

Look at 20-year VZ chart. This is what you will get in the next 20 years

greytoc

Maybe the simplest is to do a simple Dogs of the Dow portfolio and hold 10 stocks. And reallocate once a year. So - for 2024 - that would VZ, MMM, DOW, WBA, CVX, IBM, KO, CSCO, AMGN, JNJ

IndividualistAW

I have a margin account. My equity value is in boring shit like DUK and VZ. I day trade with the margin credit line and try to end every day at 100% equity. But today I’m leveraging to the tits on these dips and holding for a few days.

Working_Wishbone9729

VZ payout is one of the best. Along with EPD, O and others. I have discussed the Best Dividend stocks in my course at Udemy. https://www.udemy.com/course/disciplined-approach-to-build-wealth-from-stock-market/?referralCode=5DA6E8B4F0890A05BA0C

KingKookus

I’m holding VZ and PFE which are both lower than pre COVID I think. Really sucks.

greytoc

If that's your goal - It may be simpler to overweigh your total portfolio allocation with a tech sector thematic fund instead. There are lots of those types of funds available. And the stock component selection, weighting, and rebalancing would be done for you. The challenge is that trying to forecast future expectations into 25 years for a single company isn't really a good idea. The best tech companies today may not survive in another 25 years. So you would still have to evaluate the future expectations of your selections at least once per year and rebalance and reconstitute appropriately. Think of it this way - 25 to 30 years ago - tech was booming with the advent of the internet - so your thesis about the younger generation being addicted to tech isn't new. Everyone was getting in on the internet boom. So - if you were doing the same thing 25-30 years ago back in the mid to late '90's - what would you have selected? Many would probably say companies like CSCO, EXDS (maybe or WCOM or VZ or INAP), MSFT, maybe BORL, maybe VRSN? , YHOO, AOL? Probably CMGI since it was the company funding a lot of tech companies. GOOG wasn't public until the mid 2000's and YHOO was bigger in the late '90's. AAPL is likely a company that would have been recommended since they almost went bankrupt in the late '90's. Companies like AMZN weren't really seen as tech companies but were considered more like new age retailers - and it was traditional retailers like Gap and EddieBauer that dominated internet online sales for some time. And then there were the speculator ones like eToys and Petscom. How many of the companies that I mentioned are you familiar with? Some don't exist anymore but they were the darlings of the tech stock market. I even invested in some of those companies. Anyway - I'm not trying to dissuade you because there are strategies to select stocks. But you should just be aware that there is really no such thing as set it and forget it when you select specific underlying companies to create your own investing theme.

addy2wake

> Also just no to this. That is not what they are "essentially saying" Yes, that is what they are saying when they issue a dividend. That's why you have old, stodgy, mature, "cash cow" profile companies in the dividend aristocrats. T, MMM, IBM, VZ, etc. The profile of a steady-paying dividend company is such that they are so old and large and mature the best use of cash is to return to shareholders. They don't have significant capex, R&D, acquisitions that they need to spend on. If you have a company that has growth opportunities that can earn a better ROI on the cash, you can bet they're not going to be returning it. ... But... idk why I'm arguing with you. You didn't even know that dividends adjust share price, so there really is no point in belaboring a point when the counterparty is completely clueless.

drew-gen-x

I am in 50% cash including bank CD's yielding 5%, 25% gold including miners, 25% stocks. It's difficult to buy when stocks are near ATH's, so I've been buying a few beaten up stocks. I am of the belief that we are already in a recession and inflation is here to stay. Recently I have been buying some of the commodity stocks, $VALE, $MOS, $GOLD, and high dividend stocks such as $KMI, $T, $VZ, etc. Personally, this is the best I've done financially in my life and I'm prolyl older than most here as a gen-xer. I'm fine waiting and not chasing prices here. If I see assets or stocks at what I consider a discount I will buy. If I don't, I am fine sitting on cash yielding 5% and waiting for a rainy day. Discounts and buying opportunities happen when everyone is scared and needing cash. One of my best purchases ever was buying gold under $800 in 2008 because I had cash that everyone else wanted.

EscortSportage

Clothing/fashion is tough for me because people don’t need it. It’s a want business, I’ve never bought a single UA product in my life and I’m 36, i remember when they became a thing. But myself and all my friends HAVE to pay their VZ phone bill every month.

Dadmomangrypants88

I held VZ and WEN shares for 8 years in my personal account before this sub. Now I’m 80% options plays and the rest cash 

Kitten_Team_Six

VZ better

ZealousidealSector19

Bought some VZ calls yesterday, pretty boring, but worked out well today

jkiley

I'm with you in F, too! I'm still kicking myself for not selling Ford at $25 a couple years ago, but I'm selling some now as part of a bigger plan to move most of my individual equities to index funds. MU and WDC have done well for me, so those are the gains that BagBerry will help offset. VZ, T, WBD (spun from T), and WBA are all likely to get harvested, but I'm hoping each of them can bounce a bit first (RIP WBA today).

SpongEWorTHiebOb

Of the two that’s the horse I picked too. But VZ has is almost as bad.

Inner_Relationship28

Once interest rates drop, people will want back into VZ for the div. Plus they will be able to refinance their debt at a lower price

cheen25

Personally, I'd stick to an index fund like VOO. Choosing individual stocks to outperform the market is challenging. Plus, it puts you at a much higher risk of losses. Just look at VZ. If you invested in only this one stock, you would've done poorly over the past 5 years despite its dividends. Doesn't seem worth it to put all of your eggs in one basket.

SpongEWorTHiebOb

Almost known of the stocks you mentioned meet the classic definition of a value stock. I own MSFT but it’s forward PE is over 31. WMT forward PE is 25? That’s nuts. Historically it’s traded at a PE in the low teens. KO based on its historical PE looks relatively cheap but not classically cheap. The issue with them is can they sustain recent revenue and volume growth and contain costs. Right now it’s a question mark. I own VZ but it’s gone no where for 5 years, has a lot of debt and it has an unknown liability for the lead sheathing issue. The uncertainty means it’s probably fairly valued in low 40s but it’s a reliable dividend yield at 6.3%. Amgen looks cheap but they have a lot of drugs coming off patent and their pipeline has a lot of uncertainty. In other words they are past peak earnings and will see a slow erosion in revenue and earnings. MCD is not a cheap stock at all. Price increases have driven away a large part of the population and they sell low quality food. Competition is also an issue. You can eat at Panera, Chipotle and other chains offering better healthier food options. Overall market is at the high end of the CAPE PE, the odds of any us finding a true value stock without some major uncertainty that will outperform without a significant increase in the beta of your portfolio is laughable.

AdMysterious6848

ZLAB gonna pop short term on FDA approval. KSS amazing value, huge dividend, possible takeover. Speculative play DKNG. Safe plays VZ and MO dividends plus growth.

opitojFA

So, basically, you're gonna set up a thing called a limit sell order for your VZ shares at $44. This just means that if the stock price hits $44 or goes above it, your shares will sell themselves at that price without you having to do anything.

BreakChicago

Let’s say you have 100 shares of VZ. You want to sell them when the price reaches $44 because reasons. Today, you could sell one covered call at $44, 43DTE (days to expiration), for a total premium of about $100 ($1.00 per share). If it expires OTM in 43 days, the contract expires worthless and you keep your premium of $100. You’ve now lowered the cost per share for your shares. Rinse and repeat as long as you choose. If the contract is exercised in the next 43 days, you’ve accomplished your goal of selling your shares at $44, and you still get to keep the premium of $100.

JFASound

Meh. The dividend swings wildly with earnings and I do not see a great case for growth. What about something that pays less but pays more reliably and with stronger earnings? I like VZ, O and CWEN

Kitten_Team_Six

VZ calls anyone?

Vindaloo6363

Look at the dividend and share price history on that one. VZ as well.

jungletrooper

Why VZ? Its going nowhere

mkeefecom

VZ, wireless comms aren't going anywhere META, because Zuck MSFT & NVDA - AI plays

dvdmovie1

Dividends are taken out of the share price and are taxable. Dividends are not a bad thing certainly, but I think people have elevated them too much. ''HCAL for example giving a 7.2% dividend yield paid out monthly'' The decision to buy something should always be because of a thesis about the underlying business/businesses, imo. It should never be what it yields, and in this case it's using leverage. IMO, too many people view themselves as having to be one thing or another. You are a growth investor or you are a value investor or whatever other label you want to put on yourself. I don't think people should limit themselves - why not have the widest possible universe of investment ideas? You can have a portfolio that has - for example - Nvidia and an oil company. My only thing is that whatever you invest in should be because you have a very positive view of the fundamentals of the company itself, not what it yields. Too many people invest in high yields for the sake of high yields and in many cases those are stagnant/problematic companies and if/when the dividend gets cut, it usually occurs after the stock has already been obliterated. Lastly, and this is far from scientific, the other thing that I've grown to be a little concerned about when it comes to high dividend stocks is the shareholder base - you have plenty of instances of lousy/mediocre management over the years - KHC, Immelt-era GE, etc - and the shareholder base in many cases doesn't seem to care about anything as long as the dividends keep appearing every quarter. It's only after the dividend cut and further share price obliteration by selling income funds that the shareholder base seems to have the spell broken. As long as the high dividend name keeps producing dividends, there seems to be little accountability for lousy management - see T, VZ, too.

AmericanSahara

I think the RDDT IPO is about greed that may destroy old.reddit.com as we know it. If they'd leave old.reddit.com the way it is, the executives can earn millions per year, and Redditers can enjoy anonymous posts and comments, user privacy, being able to see and read other's comments and posts, and millions of people would be happy. But, to go public and monetize Reddit, we will probably won't be able to participate anonymously. We probably won't have user privacy. We probably won't be able to see posts and comments because of obstructive ads or paywalls. I believe Reddit will be destroyed because people are greedy and willing to destroy people to make money. Geocities in the 1990 was destroyed by popup ads. Yahoo news porthole in about 2004 was mostly destroyed by a broadband revenue sharing agreement where Yahoo news pages were suddenly designed to hog up bandwidth to make dial-up internet access impossible. In May of 2013, days after Yahoo closed the purchase of Tumblr, the other photo sharing sight flickr was destroyed by the page layout making flickr useless for people serious about photography. The executive got something like $100 million when VZ bought what was left of Yahoo. When web sites are destroyed, usually other web sites will grow and make money. The users only complain, but they never do anything about it other than go somewhere else or give up social media. Now I wonder if anyone where has any ideas in how we can keep old.reddit.com Reddit from being destroyed? Are there any ideas about creating another web site that is identical to old.reddit.com, and legally fight for the right to use the technology developed by Reddit? This fight would be similar to how Microsoft had to defend the rights to use GUI developed by Apple Computer instead of DOS codes for Windows and software. We need to be prepared for fact that RDDT may go the way of Geocities and Flickr.

Ned_Diego

How tf is VZ value trap when dividends are fully covered.

Ned_Diego

VZ has dividends covered by fcf 

azrolexguy

VZ

AmericanSahara

In increase in interest rates maybe what hit the price of these dividend stocks. Many income investors seek short bonds such as T-bill funds like SGOV that pays a dividend of about 5%. Rates probably won't come down any time soon, so all three of PFE, VZ and BTI may refuse to go anywhere even if the company sustains the same dividend amount per year. If your plans need dividend income or just income, maybe investing in a dividend appreciation fund such as SDY or VIG, and investing in t-bills such as SGOV may work for your financial planning.

AmericanSahara

I think TMUS will eat VZ for lunch. Many ex VZ customers will never come back.

Link-07

Suggestions on ROTH IRA portfolio. I am 27 and started investing in the stock market. I do realized I am heavy on real estate but planning to add VTI and VTI from now on. Also considering to remove STAG and VZ, any advices are appreciated. Apple 9.55% KO 16.38% O 28.37% STAG 8.06% VT 1.18% VZ 13% WM 23%

mpt74

for dividends I've got telecom companies, VZ, T. then I keep F, PFE and CSCO for now....

8700nonK

PFE - most likely not VZ - probably yes BTI - most likely yes

Link-07

I have some questions regarding about my ROTH IRO portfolio. Currently in my mid 20s and planning to invest in long term. I do noticed my portfolio is heaving on real estate. Planning to just keep adding VTI and VT onwards to set my real estate position at 10%. Apple - 9.55% KO - 16.38% O - 28.37% STAG - 8.06% VZ - 13% WM - 23% VT - 1.18% Also considering to remove VZ and STAG from the portfolio but some suggestions would be appreciated.

hardly_contrarian

Don’t waste your time with these fools. They’re the same people that shit on META at lows, they shit on NFLX at lows, they shit on XOM at lows, they shit on CROX at lows, DKNG, VZ, list goes on and will forever. They simply don’t like to make money. And they shit on PYPL, now at lows. Let’s see how this one turns out - I’m with you and I’ll be watching. Sure, it’s not as straightforward as some of the others mentioned, but sometimes people forget there are thousands of employees working these profitable companies, all working to try and sustain their business and future.

Daddy-Eric

Hmmm, VZ is growing. Their 5g wireless routers might put all old cable Internet companies out of business over time. Their growth could be insane

SlipperyWhenDry77

Oh I didn't realize VZ was Verizon. They actually tanked last year, I believe mostly due to hype about lead cables health hazard concerns. I haven't kept up with it, but if they are out of the woods with that, then in theory Verizon is a company one might consider "too big to fail" and that opportunistically buying at a time when it's down due to bad press can actually be a good move. Pfizer might also go in the category of "not going anywhere anytime soon", it's a big pharma giant and the medical industry has little likelihood of slowing down in the US.

Yogurt_Up_My_Nose

my boomer account is up 106% on JPM shares. pretty sweet. then again i'm down 25% on VZ shares.

Late-Band-151

Traps right now. PFE could turn it around, but that would be loooong term. VZ is a value trap and I’m a no on tobacco stocks

ThanklessWaterHeater

I think there is concern each might have to cut its dividend, and doing so would make the share price drop. To buy now is to wager that no dividend cut is coming, and not many investors are willing to make that bet right now. I did make that bet on VZ, buying a small position last week. Might work out, might not. We’ll see.

Shapen361

VZ has a high dividend because they are a low-growth company. So they have to reward shareholders through dividends because they are not being rewarded through price growth. If you have these characteristics but you're supposed to have growth, that's bad.

No_Bank_330

VZ is a slow growth stock. You are buying it for the divy, not price appreciation or double digit growth. BTI no idea. PFE is having issues with their drug pipeline. Made a major acquisition. Might pay off but it is not a short-term play.

Link-07

Suggestions on ROTH IRA portfolio. Just started investing in mid 20 and want to get some advice on my portfolio. I do realized that I am heavy on real estate but planning to just keep adding VTI and VT onwards and lower my real estate position to under 10%. Apple - 9.55% KO - 16.38% O - 28.37% STAG - 8.06% VZ - 13% WM - 23% VT - 1.18% Also considering to remove Verizon and STAG from my ROTH IRA but not really quite sure. Any advice would be appreciated.

CamelInfinite5771

Well, a big part of what would make this aspect of the strategy effective over time is re-investing said dividends. If he put all 300,000 into VZ at its current price of 40.00, he’d receive around 5,000 dollars every quarter. Each quarter, if we ignored taxes, he could purchase another 125 shares, increasing this quarterly amount by around 84 dollars every time. In a year, that 5,000 becomes 5,335 per quarter and he retains the value of the shares themselves. If he did this for 20 years, if my math is right, he’d be receiving around 12k per quarter before adjusting for inflation / taxes. Obviously, this is an idealized scenario that doesn’t account for the potential for VZ failing catastrophically, among other things. It wouldn’t be the best idea to put all 300k into one asset anyway. But, if we’re speaking strictly on the dividends piece, he could, in this idealized scenario, be making around 20k minus taxes annually to start.

ihasask

Last time I followed a Buffet trade was VZ at $54 which fell to $38. He sold it within a month or so, probably had a limit trigger, which I didn’t have.

1hotjava

Just like T (161B debt, 6.8B cash) or VZ (178B debt, 2B cash). Telecom is trash really. More of a commodity.

Autumn_Sweater

VZ is a company that seems like it should be worth more, but the stock just flails around and does nothing.

Aceofspades968

Well just Internet specifically, not infrastructure or other communications. VZ and T come to mind. Even FYBR for emerging companies.

Southwick_24

I like Polestar(PSNY), Verizon(VZ), and Alphabet(GOOGL)

EscortSportage

PFE is on sale. Walmart just did a 3/1 split, Apple took a little dip. VZ is on sale

EscortSportage

PFE is on sale. Walmart just did a 3/1 split, Apple took a little dip. VZ is on sale

GreenAndGold115

Sorry AMZN, GOOG, & AAPL, but you need to take your little brother VZ with you if you’re gonna go pump

willklintin

Money market funds and hysa are around 5%. Some reits and income etfs are even higher. I currently hold JEPI, O, ADC, SCHD, QYLD as well as individual stocks that pay a decent dividend like T, VZ, MCD, KO, WEN. It is pretty passive. I just reinvest the dividends at this point.

Aceofspades968

Ooo a direct pick account. 🙇‍♂️🙇‍♂️ Div. You seem to have a good mix. I would want to know what the goal of your dividend account is before I make any suggestions. You do seem to be gas heavy. Energy would be your largest holding in this account if you combine the positions. Maybe check out r/dividends Grow. conversely, this account is tech heavy. my recommendation for this account is to look into more foundational positions. Tech isn’t necessarily bad option. But giving the “popping “nature of it due to supply chain and advances in the science, having some positions that give you conservative, consistent growth, that aren’t so fluctuating might help. Think infrastructure. Think base materials and how people manipulate them. It was rocks, the dawn of humanity. And it’s rocks now. If I was going to give you one pic, I would draw on lessons we learned in the 80s and 90s. We were looking at different ways to manage retirements and different contracts and plans. And one of the things that rang true from post. Great depression were these direct stock retirement plans. So people were investing in a specific stock over and over again rather than a fund or a mix of mutual funds, or a managed account, etc. They would be in like VZ or T. Cable infrastructure that was paramount to our economic future, right? It may not be rocks in the traditional sense, but that’s a whole shit ton of copper and eventually fiber optic that we laid all over THE WORLD.

LittlePlacerMine

When dealing with high IV the rule is: Pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered. I like high IV but I make sure I am selling (not buying) only on fairly valued or undervalued underlying tickers. I have a life so I want positions that don’t require constant attention. Even when dealing with undervalued stocks you can get crushed randomly. So avoid earnings,put news alerts in place. I tend to look for positive momentum along with high IV. With high IV you are going to have to accept some losses along with the wins. I use a DCF analysis which requires some work so I tend to stick with a ticker for multiple iterations. I try to stay in industries I understand. I want to understand the catalyst that is driving the high IV (if the catalyst is reddit BS I avoid) and monitor that closely. Often times the catalyst applies across the industry so multiiple stocks can be played at the same time. I’m good times yields tend to be around 4%-8% per month. Occasionally you’ll find a 25%-30% month situation, High IV is limited to my higher risk portfolio allocation. I rarely run more than 5 or 6 tickers at a time. Lately ex. MRVL, CRSP, MSOS In Low IV situations I like the low beta dividend kings as I can layer short calls across earnings while avoiding ex-div dates. These tend to be slow and steady rinse and repeat strategies and fall into my lower risk allocation. Yields tend to be < 20% annum. These are boring, repetitive, require little attention and it’s easy to repeat over and over. Ex. VZ, XOM Or you can stick with low beta under or fairly valued stocks and do calendar spreads, Short CC’s, bullish put spreads. Generally when overall market volatility is low and I can’t find an exception I find stock picking or holding compounders to be more valuable.

paul_volkers_ghost

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS-D7QUDc1aF7-baZkSZ5h5Rd_A2VZ2NyirSw&usqp=CAU

spartanburt

Lol amazing you first thought of VZ too.

DunGonRndDaBnd

VZ 5-10yr chart. Get lost

dismendie

Do you tell the sec or file annually what you buy? I think brk is doing what he does… he doesn’t want people to jump in to affect his pricing but he also doesn’t want people jump into investing just because he bought it… he like MA plays as well like in the case of activision and Microsoft… I think he also gets some cyclical gains from certain sectors… last time he did this with sec he got chevron and Verizon… lol I sold out of VZ just like he did… value trap company… if you bought the same stock and it tanks are you going to be mad? Like PARA? But I do love to speculate and see what he is buying and why he is hiding it… maybe he wants a bigger share of Amazon… lol most people says financials… but not banks… maybe MSCI or SPGI… or all of moody

Eastern-Cranberry84

I will forever be bag holding VZ shares at a +20% loss. biggest piece of shit

Livingthedreme

Dude sell what you have, buy VZ and get stable company and dividends. And leave this all behind. 

SDonivan

$40 calls on $VZ just double bottomed and should print

SDonivan

Double bottom on $VZ $40 calls should print this week, easy money.

rmgraves67

ET, VZ, BAC. All good dividends and easy to sell CC

Impressive-Key938

PG, PFE, and VZ are top of my list. I know they are boring, but I like a steady company with a high yield over the long term.

Aceofspades968

4. VZ

dismendie

It is if you gotta pay taxes on dividends… qualified gets the best treatment and it’s 20% unless you are using a tax advantage account… non qualified counts as regular income… but you spot on total returns are more important… don’t fall into value trap stocks like T or VZ… total returns… some people love ETFs and some people love stock picking…

jovenhope

It’s because the site used to report this is a self reported site. TMo and VZ customers are not using the same site to report.

ScottishTrader

Lets use this example. A 40 strike 30 dte put on VZ that brings in .36 of credit would require a $717 in options buying power in my account. If assigned it would cost $4,000 of cash, or cash+margin to buy the shares, but as assignments are rare this means so long as I am prepared to pay the $4K, which I am, the BP required is low. Yes, a true cash secured put is less capital efficient as it would require the full $4K of BP to be held, but anyone who wants to trade the wheel should have an account where they do not have to have the full amount held as collateral. Note that some brokers such as Fidelity will pay 5% interest on the cash being held so this is another factor. Spreads bring in less premium, profit slower, are harder to roll, and while there is a defined loss amount, the losses need to be taken more often than when trading the wheel. You trade how you think is best, but it is not as simple or clear that spreads are “better”.

AAPLfds

VZ looks prime

treebonk

He’s gonna wanna see some C and VZ in there too

2Loves2loves

VZ, because I still think when 5G is ubiquitous, whoever are the carriers left, will be raking in $

zhy-rr

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dz3VZ9OE82w

FortyandLife2Go

I worked for VZW/VZ for 12 years and was moved 7 times around the SE to keep my job, or accept a severance and find another job. I was making too good of money and the benefits at the time, were 2nd to none. I ultimately took a severance after the 8th offer and I struggle at times to wish I had not, because I would be remote now (something I always said we should be but boomer bosses always said no to). Then I saw they moved a lot of their support overseas (I was an analyst) and I don't think I would want to have to deal w/ managing overseas support centers.

Pristine_You_9622

Keep an eye on the 401k. If you can change the funds try to maximize the return that way. Your $17,000.00 outside the retirement account is key. Make that I bought GE a couple years ago at about $65.00 and sold at $104.00 it is now about $135.00. I got out because I didn’t want to worry through the holidays about the recession. I put my money in 90 day CDs earning 5.4% and 5.5%. Now I’m in VZ. I hope to stay in this stock until later this year. I think I will get a good capital gain and it pays a good dividend.

vivek24seven

Sold TSLA at 50 3 yrs ago, AMD at 103(4 months ago), VZ at 33(3 months ago), F at 10(3 months ago) . Shit happens

Imaginary_Mind9788

Anyone like $VZ to go back to 41 by Wednesday?

thelastsubject123

Paying a dividend does not make a company good. Not paying a dividend does not make a company bad. Autozone has never paid a dividend. FICO does not. T and VZ do. AZO and FICO have crushed them. People love to say XYZ companies that pay dividends outperform. It's not because of the dividend. You should not want a dividend. It's because XYZ has strong cash flows and excellent operating performance that allows them the flexibility to distribute profits to shareholders. When you invest in a company, it's because you trust their management to take your money and invest it in the business and create more money than you can. Why then would you want them to give their money back to you? Don't you trust them? Only if they believe the best return to shareholders is distributing dividends should you want one