BCE Inc.
Toronto symbol BCE, provides local and long distance telephone services in Ontario and Quebec. It also operates a nationwide wireless service.
TRANSCANADA CORP. $54.19 (Toronto symbol TRP; Shares outstanding: 800.3 million; Market cap: $48.4 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 5.1%; www.transcanada.com) has received regulatory approval for its proposed North Montney pipeline.
Under the original plan, the new pipeline would have pumped natural gas from northeast B.C....
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These two major telecommunication providers continue to spend heavily on improving their networks. That spending has increased their debt levels. However, better networks are helping each attract new customers. The extra cash flow will also help them both pay down debt and keep raising dividends.
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BCE INC. $55 (Toronto symbol BCE; Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios, Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 900.4 million; Market cap: $49.5 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.2; Dividend yield: 5.5%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.bce.ca) is Canada’s largest traditional telephone service provider, with 6.3 million customers in Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba and the Atlantic provinces....
Preferred shares are equities that pay fixed dividends without offering investors voting rights. Still, those payments are made before dividends to common shareholders.
While investors are attracted to “preferreds” for income, those shares are sensitive to the movement of interest rates and their prices can be volatile....
While investors are attracted to “preferreds” for income, those shares are sensitive to the movement of interest rates and their prices can be volatile....
The six ETFs we update below mainly hold high-quality stocks that are widely traded on Canadian and U.S. ex- changes. Each fund tracks the performance of a major stock market index. That’s different from ETFs focused on narrower indexes or themes such as solar power and bio- technology.
Of course, you pay brokerage commissions to buy and sell these investments....
Of course, you pay brokerage commissions to buy and sell these investments....
In 2018, BCE plans to spend $3.9 million on upgrading its networks. The investments are key to winning more and more wireless and Internet customers. Those new users demand increasingly fast speeds for video streaming, gaming and so on.
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DIVIDEND 15 SPLIT CORP. $10.74 (Toronto symbol DFN; Shares outstanding: 43.9 million; Market cap: $471.5 million; Dividend yield: 11.2%; www.puremultifamily.com) holds shares of 15 big Canadian companies. These include BCE, Bank of Nova Scotia, Thomson Reuters, Loblaw Cos., Sun Life Financial, Enbridge and Telus....
BCE INC. $57 (www.bce.ca) recently acquired AlarmForce Industries for $182 million. BCE will now sell AlarmForce’s Western Canadian operations (B.C., Alberta and Saskatchewan) to TELUS CORP. $45 (www. telus.com) for $66.5 million. The deal makes sense for both companies....
BCE INC. $57.52 (Toronto symbol BCE; Shares o/s: 900.4 million; Market cap: $51.5 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 5.0%; www.bce.ca) has completed the acquisition of AlarmForce Industries (symbol AF on Toronto). The purchase price was $182 million.
BCE will now sell AlarmForce’s Western Canadian opertions to TELUS $46.31 (Toronto symbol T; Shares o/s: 594.5 million; Market cap: $27.3 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Divd....
BCE will now sell AlarmForce’s Western Canadian opertions to TELUS $46.31 (Toronto symbol T; Shares o/s: 594.5 million; Market cap: $27.3 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Divd....