The best offense is a good defense? AT&TThis dividend aristocrat is currently sitting about 75% below its ATH. The company’s average dividend yield during the last Recession in 2009 was 6.4%. With a 6.1% yield now, AT&T is trading at recession level prices. It has also acquired both direct tv and Time Warner since then. They're currently leading the 5G race. AT&T has followed up its 12-city rollout in 2018 with seven more cities in early 2019, including the likes of Orlando, Florida; Las Vegas; Nashville, Tennessee; Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, and San Jose, California. Its “nationwide” 5G service is scheduled to be available by early 2020.