RE:RE:RE:Dividend cutYou're absolutely right about buying in on weakness on something like BCE, T, etc., during a short attack. I've been through a short attack with Home Cap. Group (HCG) about nine years ago. It wasn't easy watching my shares go down from the mid C$20s (was paying a 5.5% div and then cut altogether) down to about C$5 +/- as I recall. I lost sleep for sure.
The problem of a short attack is how long of a timeframe do you have, and how long are you willing to watch your shares decline in value and stay down--it could stay down two to five years. I did bottom fish and average down my HCG price and then sold off at a tidy profit some months later.
Dollarama went through a similar short attack IMHO in the last three or so years. You have to live and learn and be willing to play this short attack game. I'd keep an eye on the "short interest" numbers for BCE--it's definitely going through a short attack. BCE's not going anywhere in the short or long term--they're too big to fail. I'm keeping my finger on the long-duration Call options trigger.