As a stock investment which do you trust more? AT&T or Apple?

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AT&T (my former employer) is in court, trying to push past the government’s attempts to stop a merger with Time/Warner. When that is decided, the stock will rise, regardless of what that decision is. Apple has lost its way, and is struggling to find its footing. Don’t count them out, but don’t expect that they will return to their better days.

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