BCE Inc.

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

Investors interested in dividends should only buy the highest-yielding Canadian dividend stocks if they meet these criteria.
NORTH WEST COMPANY, $32.65, Toronto symbol NWC, is a buy.

The retailer sells food, and everyday products and services through 244 stores. Those locations are mainly in northern communities across Canada and Alaska. Through your shares, you also tap the company’s operations in remote regions of Hawaii, the wider South Pacific and the Caribbean.

North West is now raising your quarterly dividend by 2.7%....
These two leading telcos are enhancing their operations with acquisitions. While that adds risk, we’re confident the expansion will add to overall profits as planned—and let them keep raising your dividends.


BCE INC. $61 is your #1 Income Buy for 2022. The company (Toronto symbol BCE; Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios, Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 911.8 million; Market cap: $55.6 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.4; Dividend yield: 6.0%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.bce.ca) has 2.21 million residential telephone customers in Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba and the Atlantic provinces....
BCE INC., $63.71, Toronto symbol BCE, is your #1 Income Buy for 2022.

The company is Canada’s largest traditional telephone service provider: it has 2.21 million residential customers in Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba and the Atlantic provinces. BCE also has 3.98 million high-speed Internet users and 2.72 million TV subscribers (satellite and fibre-optic)....

LOBLAW COMPANIES, $116.07, is a buy. The retailer (Toronto symbol L; Shares outstanding: 327.3 million; Market cap: $38.1 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 1.4%; www.loblaw.ca) paid $832 million for Lifemark Health Group in May 2022....
TORONTO-DOMINION BANK, $86.45, Toronto symbol TD, is a buy.

TD last raised your quarterly dividend with the January 2022 payment. Investors now receive $0.89 a share, up 12.7% from $0.79. The new annual rate of $3.56 yields a high 4.1%.

The bank has now agreed to acquire U.S.-based investment banking firm Cowen Inc....
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TORONTO-DOMINION BANK, $83.44, Toronto symbol TD, is a buy.

The bank has agreed to acquire U.S.-based investment banking firm Cowen Inc. (Nasdaq symbol COWN). Founded in 1918, Cowen provides a wide range of services to corporate clients, including brokerage, stock and bond underwriting, initial public offerings and advice on mergers and acquisitions.

TD will pay $1.3 billion U.S....
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BCE INC., $63.64, is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol BCE; Shares o/s: 911.8 million; Market cap: $58.4 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Divd....
BCE INC., $68.60, is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol BCE; Shares outstanding: 910.9 million; Market cap: $62.8 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 5.4%) is Canada’s largest traditional telephone service provider....