To T or not to T?

AT&T has been hampered by doubt over its growing debt burden and recent costly acquisition of Time Warner. At the end of the third quarter the company had $185 billion of debt. Excluding financial companies, AT&T has more debt than any other U.S. company.

The company is hosting an analyst meeting on Thursday. Depending on if they can dazzle the Street, we could see higher volatility in T stock which has fallen 22% year-to-date.

On the options trading front, calls were the hot ticket yesterday. Activity lifted to 140% of the average daily volume, with 123,824 total contracts traded. Calls contributed 71% to the amount.

Implied volatility is holding steady at 24% which places it at the 59th percentile of its one-year range. Traders are pricing in 1.5% daily moves.

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I SAY T BELONGS IN THE BOTTON OF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN..... AND MAKE A MOVIE CALLED TITANIC2

Gee, wish I knew how to cut and paste others work to make it seem like I was the uninformed author

During the last nine months, AT&T has paid out roughly 68% of its free cash flow. That is .69 cents for every dollar. WOW!!!!!

AT&T will needs lots of LUCK to solidify these trends in order to keep growing its generous 6.57% dividend payouts. If weaker earnings or continued turbulence in the broader economy causes deterioration in AT&T’s credit metrics, that attractive dividend could be at greater risk than many investors realized. For management, this is why it’s “game time” and shareholders are eagerly waiting to see if this team can step up to the occasion.

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