Wednesday, September 21, 2011

AT&T for income

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An old favorite income stock AT&T (T) has been in the news lately for its attempted purchase and merger of Deutche Telekom's US operations known as T-Mobile.  There is a lot of opposition lining up against it but that "bad" press has made the recent weakness in price an even better bargain for income investors.




Barchart technical indicators:

  • Negative technical price momentum indicators on an income stock can be a signal to acquire dividends at a bargain price
  • 40% Barchart short term technical buy signals getting stronger showing an upward momentum
  • Trend Spotter technical sell signal weakening
  • Above its 20 day moving average but still below its 50 and 100 day moving averages
  • Just 8.15% off its 1 year high
  • Relative Strength Index 53.84% and getting stronger
  • Barchart computes a technical support level at 28.41
  • Recently priced at 28.94 which is below its 50 day moving average of 29.12

Summary: If you are looking of a long term conservative income holding you might want to consider AT&T (T) for an addition to your portfolio.  At today's price the 6%+ dividend is attractive and if earnings projections and increases in the P/E ratio happen investors at this price could see an annual total return of 13-15% annually over the next 5 years.

Jim Van Meerten is a Marketocracy Master







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