BCE Inc.

Toronto symbol BCE, provides local and long distance telephone services in Ontario and Quebec. It also operates a nationwide wireless service.

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BCE has gained 19% since the start of 2019, while Telus is up 6%. The gains reflect falling interest rates, which have enhanced the appeal of these high-yielding dividend stocks.


There’s more behind the share price increases: both firms continue to benefit from strong demand for wireless services as consumers give up their landlines....
BCE INC. $63.22 (Toronto symbol BCE; Shares o/s: 898.8 million; Market cap: $56.9 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Divd. yield: 5.0%; www.bce.ca) is required by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), like all of the country’s large telecom companies, to sell smaller Internet providers access to its high-speed networks....
TELUS $48.83 (Toronto symbol T; Shares o/s: 601.0 million; Market cap: $29.5 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 4.6%; www.telus.com) is Canada’s third-largest wireless carrier after Rogers Communications (No. 1) and Bell Mobility (No....
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CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY $306.96 (Toronto symbol CP; Shares o/s: 147.7 million; Market cap: $42.3 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 1.1%; www.cpr.ca) ships freight over its 22,000-kilometre rail network between Montreal and Vancouver, with links to hubs in the U.S....
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