Investing Topics: Telecom Stocks

We booked a 52% gain on Windstream Holdings (NSDQ: WIN). Now it's CenturyLink's (NYSE: CTL) turn to prove the skeptics wrong.

We check in on 14 more of our Portfolio holdings that have reported quarterly earnings, and the big news on our recent WIN.

Income-seeking investors shouldn't hesitate to take profits on stocks that run-up beyond their fair value.

Sell Windstream Holdings for a more than 50 percent gain.

America's two biggest telecoms reported second quarter earnings last week. We look at how they performed in the face of challenges from the competition.

At last count, more than half our Portfolio holdings traded above my buy targets. These are all great companies that will continue to build wealth for investors, but now is the time for discipline.

With valuations elevated in the utility sector, investors should pay close attention to the risks and opportunities created by four key themes.

Although the S&P 500 Utility Index has outperformed every other economic sector in the S&P 500 this year, disciplined investors have ample opportunity to lock in above-average yields on some of our favorites.

Dividend-paying stocks aren’t bond substitutes and never will be. Any investor who has sold these equities because of rising interest rates has lost big over the past 22 years. Those who do so now are playing with the same fire and, inevitably, will be badly burned.