He loves the dividend on this. You’re getting over a 5% yield. Management has done a very good job through the acquisition of Time Warner, because they understand that cell phones and cell phone pricing can’t hold up forever. Eventually you are simply going to be paying for a data plan and not on minutes anymore. The company not only bought DirecTV, but also Time Warner, and are trying to become an end to end media company where they control cell, data, the pipe, and then media as well. You can stream HBO for free through your AT&T data plan, which they are using to lure subscribers. A very creative way to use that part of the portfolio. Dividend yield of 5.6%.

There is nothing wrong with this or others, other than that there is a tremendous amount of competition, particularly on the wireless side. Telecoms is a defensive sector, and is not going to perform well in an environment where the economy is expanding, and people will be buying technology, financials, consumer discretionary and industrials. It pays almost a 5.5% dividend. You have to be careful about chasing higher yielders. This is not expected to grow dividends in any significant way, over the next several years. Would treat this with caution.

Kind of ho-hum here. Down 11% year to date while the S&P is up 10%. It does offer a juicy 5.2% dividend yield. His concern is, where is the growth. Landline is not growing and is going in reverse. Even the wireless service is a very mature market and doesn’t seem to be growing. Now they are throwing money at acquisitions and have paid a lot of money for Dish to expand their video offerings, but he is not sure they are getting what they bargained for. They are in the process of closing the deal with Time Warner, a fantastic company, but will the synergies actually develop. He thinks they flatline here.

The price has really come off in the last year. A lot of that is because investors are questioning what these businesses are going to look like for the next 10 years. Take the juicy dividends out of the equation, and ask yourself if you would buy this business. Their debt level is somewhere around $175 billion. They are going through a lot of acquisitions so are not going to be able to raise their dividend.

Algonquin Power (AQN-T), AT&T (T-N) or Enbridge (ENF-T)? Of these 3, he would certainly go with this one. It is part of the S&P 500, which he is very bullish on as well as the US$. His model price is $38.21.

It just doesn’t get any respect.  It has been unable to break above two times book value for so long that he can’t remember.  It has nice upside potential from the numbers.  What’s not nice to like.  His target of $45 is a stretched max.

The kind of stock you own for the long-term. He wouldn’t get shaken out because of anything to do with interest rates. This has a 4.6% dividend yield, and he can see the stock still having some upside.