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Strange but true: seniors fear death less than running out of money in retirement.
Also, retirees who have constructed a nest egg have valid justifications to be concerned, since the traditional ways to plan for retirement may mean income can no longer cover expenses. Some retirees are now tapping their principal to make a decent living, pressed for time between decreasing investment balances and longer life expectancies.
Retirement investing approaches of the past don't work today.
For many years, bonds or other fixed-income assets could produce the yield needed to provide solid income for retirement needs. However, these yields have dwindled over time: 10-year Treasury bond rates in the late 1990s were around 6.50%, but today, that rate is a thing of the past, with a slim likelihood of rates making a comeback in the foreseeable future.
That means if you had $1 million in 10-year Treasuries, the difference in yield between 1999 and today is more than $1 million.
And lower bond yields aren't the only potential problem seniors are facing. Today's retirees aren't feeling as secure as they once did about Social Security, either. Benefit checks will still be coming for the foreseeable future, but based on current estimates, Social Security funds will run out of money in 2035.
So what can retirees do? You could dramatically reduce your expenses, and go out on a limb hoping your Social Security benefits don't diminish. On the other hand, you could opt for an alternative investment that gives a steady, higher-rate income stream to supplant lessening bond yields.
Invest in Dividend Stocks
As a replacement for low yielding Treasury bonds (and other bond options), we believe dividend-paying stocks from high quality companies offer low risk and stable, predictable income investors in retirement seek.
Look for stocks that have paid steady, increasing dividends for years (or decades), and have not cut their dividends even during recessions.
A rule of thumb for finding solid income-producing stocks is to seek those that average 3% dividend yield, and positive yearly dividend growth. These stocks can help combat inflation by boosting dividends over time.
Here are three dividend-paying stocks retirees should consider for their nest egg portfolio.
American Assets Trust (AAT)
is currently shelling out a dividend of $0.34 per share, with a dividend yield of 5.02%. This compares to the REIT and Equity Trust - Retail industry's yield of 3.72% and the S&P 500's yield of 1.59%. The company's annualized dividend growth in the past year was 1.52%. Check American Assets Trust dividend history here>>>
Community Financial System (CBU)
is paying out a dividend of $0.46 per share at the moment, with a dividend yield of 3.19% compared to the Financial - Miscellaneous Services industry's yield of 0% and the S&P 500's yield. The annualized dividend growth of the company was 2.27% over the past year. Check Community Financial System dividend history here>>>
Currently paying a dividend of $0.31 per share,
Comcast (CMCSA)
has a dividend yield of 3.14%. This is compared to the Cable Television industry's yield of 0% and the S&P 500's current yield. Annualized dividend growth for the company in the past year was 6.9%. Check Comcast dividend history here>>>
But aren't stocks generally more risky than bonds?
The fact is that stocks, as an asset class, carry more risk than bonds. To counterbalance this, invest in superior quality dividend stocks that not only can grow over time but more significantly, can also decrease your overall portfolio volatility with respect to the broader stock market.
An upside to adding dividend stocks to your retirement portfolio: they can help lessen the effects of inflation, since many dividend-paying companies (especially blue chip stocks) generally increase their dividends over time.
Thinking about dividend-focused mutual funds or ETFs? Watch out for fees.
If you're thinking, "I want to invest in a dividend-focused ETF or mutual fund," make sure to do your homework. It's important to know that some mutual funds and specialized ETFs charge high fees, which may diminish your dividend gains or income and thwart the overall objective of this investment strategy. If you do want to invest in fund, research well to identify the best-quality dividend funds with the least charges.
Bottom Line
Pursuing a dividend investing strategy can help protect your retirement portfolio. Whether you choose to invest in stocks or through low-fee mutual funds or ETFs, this approach can potentially help you achieve a more secure and enjoyable retirement.
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Sept 13 (Reuters) - AT&T Inc T.N and joint-venture partner TPG Inc TPG.O are in talks to combine their DirecTV service with Dish DISH.MX, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.
The discussions between DirecTV and Dish parent EchoStar Corp SATS.O are in early stages, people told Bloomberg News, cautioning that an agreement has not yet been reached.
"Rumors about a potential transaction involving DirecTV and Dish are nothing new, but we don't comment on rumors and speculation," a spokesperson for DirecTV said in an emailed statement to Reuters.
Dish and AT&T did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comments outside of business hours. TPG declined to comment.
DirecTV is facing a public battle with Disney DIS.N that has led to 11 million DirecTV customers losing access to ESPN in the middle of the U.S. Open tennis tournament.
The dispute is taking place against the backdrop of a competing plan by Disney, Fox FOXA.O and Warner Bros Discovery WBD.O to launch a streaming video joint venture devoted to sports, called Venu Sports.
The launch was temporarily blocked by a court injunction as part of a lawsuit filed by sports streaming rival FuboTV accusing the media companies of anticompetitive behavior.
(Reporting by Harshita Meenaktshi and Dawn Chmielewski; Editing by Sandra Maler and Rosalba O'Brien)
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The 2024 National Football League season continues with a second week featuring three primetime games and all 32 teams in action, including the Kansas City Chiefs, who are hoping to become the first NFL team to win three straight Super Bowls.
Here's a look at the betting odds and media companies that could benefit in the second week of the 2024 NFL season.
Week 2 Betting Odds: The Chiefs remain the betting favorite to win Super Bowl LIX as the top NFL team for the season after an impressive opening week win over the Philadelphia Eagles.
Here are the week 2 matchups and the betting odds from sportsbook DraftKings Inc with the teams records in parentheses.
A quick look at the betting odds shows that sportsbooks are giving away teams more love this week, with six away teams favored. This compares to Week 1 where only two away teams were favored, and five away teams ended up winning.
The second week also features four matchups between teams that failed to win their opening games, with each team fighting to avoid an early 0-2 start to the season.
At DraftKings, these are the top five teams getting the most action against the spread, according to sports betting writer Ben Fawkes:
In week 1 several of the most bet on teams lost against the spread with top favorite the Bengals -8.5 losing outright. BetMGM's John Ewing said teams with 50% or more bets on them went 6-10 against the spread in week 1.
For Thursday night's opening game featuring the Bills and Dolphins, Ewing said Bills quarterback Josh Allen is 6-0 overall and 4-2 against the spread in Thursday games.
Media Stocks on Watch: NFL viewership was up 12% year-over-year in the first week of the season, as reported by FrontOfficeSports.
A rare Friday game between the Packers and Eagles was watched by 14 million people, with the game being exclusive on the Comcast Corporation Peacock streaming platform.
The Walt Disney Company recorded 20.4 million viewers for the first Monday Night Football game, which was down 10% from last year's record-setting debut, but was the second most-watched Week 1 Monday Night Football game since 2006.
Here are the national primetime television games for the second week of the NFL season:
Of the six teams featured in the primetime games, five won their first week game, setting up some highly anticipated week 2 matchups.
The Sunday 1 p.m. ET and 4 p.m. ET games will be broadcast by Paramount Global unit CBS and Fox Corporation unit FOX.
Coverage will vary by location. In Week 1, CBS and Fox games averaged 18.4 million viewers per game—the highest opening-week Sunday afternoon figure since 2016 and a 21% increase over last year’s opening week.
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The price trend for Community Financial System (CBU) has been bearish lately and the stock has lost 5.7% over the past week. However, the formation of a hammer chart pattern in its last trading session indicates that the stock could witness a trend reversal soon, as bulls might have gained significant control over the price to help it find support.
While the formation of a hammer pattern is a technical indication of nearing a bottom with potential exhaustion of selling pressure, rising optimism among Wall Street analysts about the future earnings of this bank holding company is a solid fundamental factor that enhances the prospects of a trend reversal for the stock.
What is a Hammer Chart and How to Trade It?
This is one of the popular price patterns in candlestick charting. A minor difference between the opening and closing prices forms a small candle body, and a higher difference between the low of the day and the open or close forms a long lower wick (or vertical line). The length of the lower wick being at least twice the length of the real body, the candle resembles a 'hammer.'
In simple terms, during a downtrend, with bears having absolute control, a stock usually opens lower compared to the previous day's close, and again closes lower. On the day the hammer pattern is formed, maintaining the downtrend, the stock makes a new low. However, after eventually finding support at the low of the day, some amount of buying interest emerges, pushing the stock up to close the session near or slightly above its opening price.
When it occurs at the bottom of a downtrend, this pattern signals that the bears might have lost control over the price. And, the success of bulls in stopping the price from falling further indicates a potential trend reversal.
Hammer candles can occur on any timeframe -- such as one-minute, daily, weekly -- and are utilized by both short-term as well as long-term investors.
Like every technical indicator, the hammer chart pattern has its limitations. Particularly, as the strength of a hammer depends on its placement on the chart, it should always be used in conjunction with other bullish indicators.
Here's What Makes the Trend Reversal More Likely for CBU
There has been an upward trend in earnings estimate revisions for CBU lately, which can certainly be considered a bullish indicator on the fundamental side. That's because a positive trend in earnings estimate revisions usually translates into price appreciation in the near term.
The consensus EPS estimate for the current year has increased 2.2% over the last 30 days. This means that the Wall Street analysts covering CBU are majorly in agreement about the company's potential to report better earnings than what they predicted earlier.
If this is not enough, you should note that CBU currently has a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), which means it is in the top 5% of more than the 4,000 stocks that we rank based on trends in earnings estimate revisions and EPS surprises. And stocks carrying a Zacks Rank #1 or 2 usually outperform the market. You can see the complete list of today's Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) stocks here
Moreover, a Zacks Rank of 1 for Community Financial is a more conclusive indication of a potential trend reversal, as the Zacks Rank has proven to be an excellent timing indicator that helps investors identify precisely when a company's prospects are beginning to improve.
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American Assets Trust Inc AAT.N:
AMERICAN ASSETS TRUST, INC. ANNOUNCES PRICING OF $525 MILLION OF 6.150% SENIOR UNSECURED NOTES DUE 2034
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SAN DIEGO, Sept. 10, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- American Assets Trust, Inc. (NYSE: AAT) (the “company”) today announced that its operating partnership, American Assets Trust, L.P. (the “operating partnership”), has priced a public offering of $525 million aggregate principal amount of 6.150% senior notes due 2034 (the “Notes”). The Notes were priced at 99.671% of the principal amount and will mature on October 1, 2034. The offering is expected to settle on September 17, 2024, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions. The Notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the company.
The operating partnership intends to use the net proceeds from this offering as follows: approximately $100 million for the repayment of the operating partnership’s Series B Senior Guaranteed Notes at or prior to maturity; approximately $100 million for the repayment of the operating partnership’s Series C Senior Guaranteed Notes at or prior to maturity; approximately $100 million to repay outstanding borrowings under the revolver loan under the operating partnership’s third amended and restated credit facility; and the remainder for working capital and general corporate purposes.
Wells Fargo Securities, Mizuho and PNC Capital Markets LLC are acting as joint book-running managers of this offering.
This offering is being made pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement and prospectus and related preliminary prospectus supplement filed by the company and the operating partnership with the Securities and Exchange Commission. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of any offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.
When available, copies of the final prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus relating to this offering may be obtained from: Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, by calling toll-free at 1-800-645-3751 or emailing wfscustomerservice@wellsfargo.com; Mizuho Securities USA LLC, by calling toll-free at 1-866-271-7403; or PNC Capital Markets LLC, by calling toll-free at 1-855-881-0697 or emailing pnccmprospectus@pnc.com.
About American Assets Trust, Inc.American Assets Trust, Inc. is a full service, vertically integrated and self-administered real estate investment trust (“REIT”) headquartered in San Diego, California. The company has over 55 years of experience in acquiring, improving, developing and managing premier office, retail, and residential properties throughout the United States in some of the nation’s most dynamic, high-barrier-to-entry markets primarily in Southern California, Northern California, Washington, Oregon, Texas and Hawaii. The company's office portfolio comprises approximately 4.1 million rentable square feet, and its retail portfolio comprises approximately 3.1 million rentable square feet. In addition, the company owns one mixed-use property (including approximately 94,000 rentable square feet of retail space and a 369-room all-suite hotel) and 2,110 multifamily units. In 2011, the company was formed to succeed to the real estate business of American Assets, Inc., a privately held corporation founded in 1967 and, as such, has significant experience, long-standing relationships and extensive knowledge of its core markets, submarkets and asset classes.
Forward Looking StatementsThis press release may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws, which are based on current expectations, forecasts and assumptions that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual outcomes and results to differ materially. Forward-looking statements relate to expectations, beliefs, projections, future plans and strategies, anticipated events or trends and similar expressions concerning matters that are not historical facts. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “estimate,” “project,” “should,” “will,” “result” or the negative of these words and phrases or similar words or phrases which are predictions of or indicate future events or trends and which do not relate solely to historical matters. The following factors, among others, could cause actual results and future events to differ materially from those set forth or contemplated in the forward-looking statements: adverse economic or real estate developments in the company’s markets; defaults on, early terminations of or non-renewal of leases by tenants, including significant tenants; decreased rental rates or increased vacancy rates; failure to generate sufficient cash flows to service the operating partnership’s outstanding indebtedness; fluctuations in interest rates and increased operating costs; failure to obtain necessary outside financing; inability to develop or redevelop the company’s properties due to market conditions; investment returns from the company’s developed properties may be less than anticipated; general economic conditions; financial market fluctuations; risks that affect the general office, retail, multifamily and mixed-use environment; the competitive environment in which the company operates; system failures or security incidents through cyber attacks; the impact of epidemics, pandemics, or other outbreaks of illness, disease or virus (such as the outbreak of COVID-19 and its variants) and the actions taken by government authorities and others related thereto, including the ability of the company and its properties and tenants to operate; difficulties in identifying properties to acquire and completing acquisitions; failure to successfully operate acquired properties and operations; risks related to joint venture arrangements; potential litigation; difficulties in completing dispositions; conflicts of interests with the company’s officers or directors; a lack or insufficient amounts of insurance; environmental uncertainties and risks related to adverse weather conditions and natural disasters; other factors affecting the real estate industry generally; limitations imposed on the company’s business and the company’s ability to satisfy complex rules in order for the company to continue to qualify as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes; and changes in governmental regulations or interpretations thereof, such as real estate and zoning laws and increases in real property tax rates and taxation of REITs. While forward-looking statements reflect the company's good faith beliefs, assumptions and expectations, they are not guarantees of future performance. For a further discussion of these and other factors that could cause the company's future results to differ materially from any forward-looking statements, see the section entitled “Risk Factors” in the company's most recent annual report on Form 10-K, and other risks described in documents subsequently filed by the company from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The company disclaims any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement to reflect changes in underlying assumptions or factors, of new information, data or methods, future events or other changes.
Source: American Assets Trust, Inc.
Investor and Media Contact:American Assets TrustRobert F. BartonExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer858-350-2607
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