Vivek Vishwakarma A great way to reduce risk in one’s portfolio is to own a basket of stocks. While it’s easy to simply buy a lot of stocks, one must also consider valuation risk. For example, a portfolio may have 20+ or so stocks, but if all of them are overvalued tech and growth stocks, then a sector downturn would have a broadly negative effect over the portfolio. That’s why I prefer to have a good mix of value stocks that pay dividends in various industries. That’s because no matter how sure one is ...

MONTRÉAL, July 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ - BCE Inc. (TSX: BCE) (NYSE: BCE) has received notice of an unsolicited mini-tender offer made by TRC Capital Investment Corporation (TRC Capital) to purchase up to 2,500,000 BCE common shares, or approximately 0.3% of the company's outstanding common shares, at a below-market price of C$43.40 per share. BCE does not endorse this unsolicited offer, has no association with TRC Capital or its offer, and recommends that shareholders do not tender their shares to this unsolic ...

MONTRÉAL, June 27, 2024 /PRNewswire/ - BCE Inc. (TSX: BCE) (NYSE: BCE) will hold its second-quarter 2024 results conference call with the financial community on Thursday, August 1, 2024 at 8:00 am eastern. Participants will include Mirko Bibic, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Curtis Millen, Chief Financial Officer. Media are welcome to participate on a listen-only basis. To participate, please dial toll-free 1-844-933-2401 or 647-724-5455. A replay will be available until midnight on September 1, ...

BCE Inc’s (BCE) subsidiary Bell Media recently announced the closure of a deal to buy OUTFRONT Media Inc.’s (OUT) Canada-based business for C$410 million in cash, with adjustments to the purchase price as necessary.New York-based OUT is a renowned player in the out-of-home advertising landscape. Using billboard and transit displays, the company provides advertising structures and sites to diverse industries across the 25 largest markets in the United States and 150 markets in the United States and Canada.Th ...

BCE Inc’s (BCE) subsidiary Bell Media recently collaborated with TikTok to unveil Pulse Premiere in Canada.This innovative advertising solution empowers brands with the ability to exercise control and predictability in selecting the placement of their ads, ensuring they appear alongside preferred publisher partner content on TikTok's “For You feed”, thereby unleashing opportunistic scopes to engage with dynamic audiences and enhance brand exposure.Advertisements will be strategically placed next to trending ...

MONTRÉAL, May 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ - Bell Canada (Bell) today announced the filing of a prospectus supplement to a short form base shelf prospectus dated May 9, 2024 with the various securities regulatory authorities in all provinces of Canada to renew Bell's MTN program. The MTN program will enable Bell to offer MTN Debentures from time to time until June 9, 2026. The MTN Debentures will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by BCE Inc. (TSX, NYSE: BCE). Consistent with past practice, the MTN program wa ...

MONTRÉAL, May 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ - BCE Inc. (TSX: BCE) (NYSE: BCE) today announced that shareholders voted in favour of all items of business put forth by BCE at the company's Annual Meeting of Shareholders today, including the election of the Directors by a majority of the votes cast by shareholders present or represented by proxy: Nominee Votes For % For Votes Against % Against  Mirko Bibic 321,866,540 98.73 % 4,137,464 1.27 % Robert P. Dexter 321,368,463 98.58 % 4,638,077 1.42 % ...

For the quarter ended March 2024, BCE (BCE) reported revenue of $4.46 billion, down 0.4% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.53, compared to $0.63 in the year-ago quarter.The reported revenue represents a surprise of -0.21% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $4.47 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.53, the company has not delivered EPS surprise.While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Stree ...

BCE Inc. (NYSE:BCE) Q1 2024 Earnings Conference Call May 2, 2024 8:00 AM ET Company Participants Thane Fotopoulos - Investor Relations Mirko Bibic - President and CEO Curtis Millen - Chief Financial Officer Conference Call Participants Tim Casey - BMO Capital Markets Maher Yaghi - Scotiabank David Barden - Bank of America Aravinda Galappatthige - Canaccord Genuity Stephanie Price - CIBC World Markets Sebastiano Petti - JPMorgan Drew McReynolds - RBC Capital Markets Simon Flannery - Morgan Stanley Jerome Dub ...

BCE (BCE) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.53 per share, in line with the Zacks Consensus Estimate. This compares to earnings of $0.63 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items.A quarter ago, it was expected that this Canada's largest telecommunications company would post earnings of $0.54 per share when it actually produced earnings of $0.56, delivering a surprise of 3.70%.Over the last four quarters, the company has surpassed consensus EPS estimates just once.BCE, whic ...