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Q: Hi folks,
I hold BCE and Telus in my RRSP. Would like to reduce my weighing in BCE. With that money I am looking at adding to one of... GOOGL, MSFT, AAPL or VISA which would bring one of these to a 9% weighing which I'm okay with. May I have your opinion as to which one you would add to and why.
Thanks
Read Answer Asked by JOHN on October 09, 2024
Q: Bell used to be known as the orphans and widows stock, so I purchased some for the dividend which was better than a GIC at the time thinking that Bell was a fairly secure and stable stock.
Now I am under water by quite a lot and wondering what to do with it. How long do you think it will take to recover at least some of its losses. The dividend is good but if it keeps going down, then the dividend is not much good.
Is it a hold or a sell?
If it is a sell, what is a good replacement?
I am a senior.
Thanks for all your help.
Shirley

Read Answer Asked by Shirley on October 04, 2024
Q: Hi 5i Team, I Have two questions following today's significant deal between BCE and Rogers.

1- Market reaction was a bit negative on Rogers stock following the deal with BCE, What would be the trigger point to take a position in Rogers following that deal should Rogers stock keep falling.

2 Following that deal between these two giants, which company would you consider the best deal BCE or RCI.B at current levels?

Thx for your opinion.

Michel
Read Answer Asked by Michel on September 20, 2024
Q: Given the announcement today of BCE selling its interest in MLSE, the market seems to be reacting somewhat positively to the news - I’m curious as what do you think is a comfortable level of debt that the market is looking for? How much more assets do you think the market would like BCE to shed and apply to debt reduction??
Read Answer Asked by Mark on September 19, 2024
Q: Good morning,

In an answer to Danny on August 13, you said that BCE's trailing twelve months dividend is around $3.7B, which is covered by the operating cash flow of $7.6B, I read a post from Reddit yesterday that says BCE's free cash flow payout ratio is 109% stating that its dividend is covered by debt and equity dilution. Can you explain why these numbers are so wildly different? Thanks very much,
Read Answer Asked by Ken on September 07, 2024
Q: What are you highest conviction Canadian dividend stocks at this moment with interest rates falling, if one is looking for a combination of dividend yield and total return.
Read Answer Asked by Gerry on September 05, 2024
Q: Hi,
On September 4 in an answer to Ritwick's question, you said: "BCE did not cut its dividend in other times of crisis...".

I thought BCE cut its dividend by about half in 2008. It did raise the dividend again to previous trend levels in the subsequent year(s).

I vaguely recall at the time that the 2008 dividend cut was quite a dramatic move for a "widows and orphans' stock and of course no one could predict at the time the dividend would be reinstated the next year.

Cheers, Michael
Read Answer Asked by Michael on September 04, 2024
Q: 5i Research has been always positive about BCE and its high yield as manageable and the Management is doing a good job through challenging times. BCE bonds last week were rated at just 2 notches above junk by Moody & S&P Globe ratings. I am wandering if you can justify your optimism in this light of downgrading. If so please provide reason for your optimism.
Read Answer Asked by Ritwik on September 04, 2024
Q: My husband is 8 years away from retirement and wants to buy dividend stocks to leave mostly alone (not checking daily like me!) - he'll check in on it now and then. This is the list he's come up with - slightly higher positions in BCE, BPF.UN and slightly lower in AW.UN, CAR.UN and OLY, otherwise fairly evenly split. Do you see this a good list for his purposes, and is there anything you would leave off, or add? Any other alarm bells? Thanks!
Read Answer Asked by Kim on August 21, 2024
Q: Good evening!
I have shares of BCE at an ACB of $55.40, which today closed at $47.03. I thought maybe of establishing a rather large capital loss for future use by selling them and buying Telus as a proxy for the necessary holding time frame of 31 days to confirm the loss. However, looking at the charts I saw that Telus has been fairing a bit better than BCE lately, so I am not sure that there would be some 'reversion-to-the-mean' happening during the 31 days. That could mean I end up with less shares of BCE when the dust settles!
Sort of a two-parter here. First of all, is this a good idea at all? Second of all, if it is, is there perhaps another 'proxy' you might suggest I look at?
Thanks!
Paul K
Read Answer Asked by Paul on August 21, 2024
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