- For nearly 40 years, AT&T was a staple in retirement portfolios, offering dependable and slowly growing income you could trust.
- Poor management over the decades caused AT&T's thesis to break, its dividend to be cut almost in half, and investors to suffer -2% inflation-adjusted returns over the last 13 years.
- A careful analysis of AT&T's fundamentals shows it to be a very low-quality company that offers 7.8% long-term return potential and a modest 4.6% yield.
- VZ, MMP, BASF, MO, ALIZY, MAIN, and O are 7 Super SWAN quality blue-chips that trade at 11.6X earnings, yield a very safe 6.0%, are growing at 6.1%, and analysts expect 12.1% long-term returns, similar to the 11.7% they delivered since 2008.
- Combined with four low-cost index funds, they create a high-yield Zen Ultra SWAN retirement portfolio that can help the typical retired couple retire in safety and splendor.
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7 Higher-Yielding Blue-Chip Bargains To Buy Instead Of AT&T