BCE INC. $56 – Toronto symbol BCE

BCE INC. $56 (Toronto symbol BCE; Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios, Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 840.3 million; Market cap: $47.1 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.2; Dividend yield: 4.6%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.bce.ca) is Canada’s largest telephone provider, with 5.0 million customers in Ontario and Quebec… Read More

Telecoms still a top choice for income

Low interest rates continue to spur incomeseeking investors to buy high-yielding stocks, like these three telecoms. All three should keep benefiting as more people upgrade their wireless plans and mobile phones. New services, like Internet-based TV, are also fuelling their growth. But not all are… Read More

BELL ALIANT INC. $27 – Toronto symbol BA

BELL ALIANT INC. $27 (Toronto symbol BA, Conservative Growth Portfolio, Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 227.8 million; Market cap: $6.2 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.2; Dividend yield: 7.0%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.bellaliant.ca) ells telephone and Internet services to 2.5 million customers in Atlantic Canada, as well as… Read More

BCE INC. $51.08 – Toronto symbol BCE

BCE INC. $51.08 (Toronto symbol BCE; Shares outstanding: 778.1 million; Market cap: $41.8 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 4.8%; www.bce.ca) is Canada’s largest provider of telephone, Internet and wireless services. It also offers satellite and Internet TV across the country.

In the three months… Read More