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BCE Inc., an abbreviation of its former name Bell Canada Enterprises Inc., is a publicly traded Canadian holding company for Bell Canada, which includes telecommunications providers and various mass media assets under its subsidiary Bell Media Inc. Founded through a corporate reorganization in 1983, when Bell Canada, Northern Telecom, and other related companies all became subsidiaries of Bell Canada Enterprises Inc., it is one of Canada’s largest corporations. The company is headquartered at 1 Carrefour Alexander-Graham-Bell in the Verdun borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

BCE Inc. is a component of the S&P/TSX 60 and is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the American-based New York Stock Exchange.

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BCE INC., $53.12, is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol BCE; Shares o/s: 912.3 million; Market cap: $48.6 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Yield: 7.3%) plans to cut its capital spending in response to a decision by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) that forces it to open its high-speed Internet systems in Ontario and Quebec to smaller competitors.


Since 2020, BCE has spent $18 billion on upgrades to its fibre-optic Internet and wireless networks....
BCE INC. $53 is a buy. Canada’s largest provider of telecommunication services (Toronto symbol BCE; Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios, Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 912.3 million; Market cap: $48.4 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.0; Dividend yield: 7.3%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.bce.ca) plans to cut its capital spending in response to a decision by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) that forces it to open its high-speed Internet systems in Ontario and Quebec to smaller competitors.


Since 2020, BCE has spent $18 billion on upgrades to its fibre-optic Internet and wireless networks....

BCE has largely completed a multi-year plan to upgrade its wireless and fibre-optic networks. Those improvements are already attracting new customers and lifting its cash flow. The completion of those projects also means BCE can lower its capital spending....

Dividend yields for these two telecom firms have spiked in the past few weeks. That’s mainly because rising interest rates are prompting income-seeking investors to buy bonds. However, it looks like the current cycle of interest rate hikes has peaked and rates could fall in the next year....

Higher interest rates mean dividend-paying stocks must increasingly compete with fixed-income investments for investor interest. However, sustainable dividends still offer an attractive and growing income stream for investors.


Meanwhile, dividend-focused ETFs often follow strategies that can set investors up for maximum long-term gains with the least amount of risk....
CANADIAN TIRE CORP., $156.82, Toronto symbol CTC.A, is a top pick for 2023.

Investors benefit from the company’s 503 Canadian Tire stores. They sell automotive parts and services, and household and sporting goods; franchisees run most of the locations....
BCE INC., $56.28, Toronto symbol BCE, is a buy.

The company is Canada’s largest traditional telephone service provider. It has 2.10 million residential customers in Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba and the Atlantic provinces. It also has 4.34 million high-speed Internet users and 2.72 million TV subscribers (satellite and fibre-optic)....
BCE has largely completed a multi-year plan to upgrade its wireless and fibre-optic networks. Those improvements are already attracting new customers and lifting the company’s cash flow. BCE has also lowered capital spending, which will free up cash for future dividend hikes.


BCE INC., $60.50, is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol BCE; Shares o/s: 912.2 million; Market cap: $55.1 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Yield: 6.4%) is Canada’s largest traditional telephone service provider....
ALLIED PROPERTIES REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST, $20.56, Toronto symbol AP.UN, remains a buy.

The REIT owns 199 office buildings and 13 properties under development, mainly in major Canadian cities.

Starting with the January 2023 payment, Allied raised its monthly distribution by 2.9%....
BCE INC., $60.28, Toronto symbol BCE, is a buy.

The company is Canada’s largest traditional telephone service provider. It has 2.19 million residential customers in Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba and the Atlantic provinces. BCE also has 4.26 million high-speed Internet users and 2.75 million TV subscribers (satellite and fibre-optic)....