patrickter wrote:
Newstreet wrote:
Larrymartin77 wrote:
Red_Deer wrote:
Alberta Government Telephones adopted the name Telus in October 1990, after the province decided to sell shares in the Crown corporation to the public.
 
The initial public offering featured 75 million shares at $12. A year later the government sold its remaining 54 million shares at $15.
 
ONLY We ALBERTANS Were ALLOWED to BUY a QUOTA of THESE ORIGINAL Shares
 
With the TWO Share SPLITS Since 1990__Those $12 and $15 Shares HAVE a COST BASE
of  ONLY $3 and $3.75__Took a DECADE and Bit of DIVIDENDS to GET ALL MY COST
BASE BACK 
 
Needless to Say__TELUS Has BEEN My TOP HOLDING__BOTH Current VALUE and DIVIDEND PayOut Each Year__and WILL BE Still in My Holdings UPON DEATH.
 


way too late for me to get the same huge returns Red_Deer is getting
 
buy and hold Telus has been a very smart investment for Red_Deer 
especially the huge annual dividends now
 
Red_Deer sure NAILED IT on holding Telus since the IPO