the main reason i like koontor is it's not a growth stock that's what vf corp didn't want. kontoor is a dividend stock with 7.2% yield try to get that from a bond that's not too dangerous f. you're an investor who wants income, this one is pretty enticing why is the yield so high in isn't that usually a red flag? well, on the first day of regular trading in may, kontoor closed at $38.60 but since then it's been clobbered. the spin off did happen at a terrible time when the trade tensions with china started escalating before the federal reserve indicated a rate cut was underway and plunged to $25 and change and been able to bounce back to $29.33 as of today although that is a decline of 5% from yesterday in the terrible trading. now it's not just the dividend i like kontoor's management team is pretty darn strarightforward. wrangler and lee is quality brands and they believe it can turn things around by focussing on the earnings and then earning the trust of investors on top of the huge dividend, they are planning to expand wrangler and lee into new channels in new countries

. >>> vf corps bea estimates thanks to increases of sales of its van sneakers. its full year guidance. stock was up mor than 1% to 89.33 today. >>> at&t beat revenuestimates and earnings were in line in growth in its wireless and media sector that helped offset continued declines in direc subscriptions. at&t m shares roseore than 3.5% to 33.24. >>> and then after the bell, strong sales of ford'sf-150 strucks and other suvs were not enough to offset the automaker's cost to restructure its global business. as a result ford missed earningo expect and issued soft guidance. sharesly initi dropped sharply after hours tonight but they did close the regular sessionre up than 1.5% to 1033. >>> coming up, turning sour. why the trade war with china is the pits for one american farmer. ♪ ♪ >>> treasury secretary steven mnuchen today confirmed he and her trade negotiators will meet with chinese counterparts in shanghai. that is welcome news t american farmers hurt by tariffs, but one farmer is not sitting aroundin g for them to end. he took it upo himself to head to china to