How to Play Verizon and AT&T

By Nick Crow | More Articles
December 14, 2011 | Comments (2)

In today's edition, Motley Fool analyst Austin Smith and "Options Whiz" Nick Crow discuss how to make 2012 the year YOU master the market. In this edition, Austin and Nick talk telecom. Austin likes the dividends that the big duopoly of AT&T and Verizon pay and wants to capture their yield without risking too much money. To counter this, Nick offers an options strategy to allow investors to realize their dividend yields without worrying about their short-term fluctuations.

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Report this Comment On December 14, 2011, at 5:34 PM, 4Foolz wrote:

But you are signing up to buy 100 shares of VZ at $36 or lower by selling those puts. You don't mention that.
Report this Comment On December 20, 2011, at 3:53 PM, TMFCrow wrote:

4Foolz,
Thank you for watching. You bring up a great point and are right to highlight it. Listen carefully around 0:40 in the video, where I mention the obligation to buy shares.
You must of missed it.
Best,
Nick

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