How to Play Verizon and AT&T

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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