BCE Inc.
Toronto symbol BCE, provides local and long distance telephone services in Ontario and Quebec. It also operates a nationwide wireless service.
Here’s a special report from our research team on the October 21, 2019, Canadian Federal election. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberals lost their majority but held on to a minority government with 157 seats (170 are needed for a majority). The Liberals failed to win any seats in Alberta or Saskatchewan.
The Conservatives won a total of 121 seats and the NDP, 24....
The Conservatives won a total of 121 seats and the NDP, 24....
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ALLIED PROPERTIES REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST $52.72 (Toronto symbol AP.UN; Units outstanding: 116.3 million; Market cap: $6.2 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk; Dividend yield: 3.0%; www.alliedreit.com) owns 188 office buildings, mainly in major Canadian cities....
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....
MOLSON COORS CANADA INC. $80 (www.molsoncoors.com) is one of the world’s largest beer brewers. In the first quarter of 2019, overall sales fell 1.2%, to $2.30 billion from $2.33 billion a year earlier (all amounts except share price in U.S....