BCE Inc T.BCE.PR.E

Like The Dividend, But not One Of My Better Investments

[DeanEdmonton]

Share price performance on BCE has been abysmal. Glad it is a relatively small holding now and that I sold off 70% of the position when it dropped to $64. Sure wish I had sold it all. I will have to collect the dividend for a long time to recover the SP drop, even if it climbs back to somewhere around $55.

[Red_Deer]

""Share price performance on BCE has been abysmal"" Hey DeanEdmonton__You ARE Correct as Bell is Currently Trading @ 10 YEAR Lows Your TELUS Holding IS Doing SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER eh !!!!!!!

[JoeBravo1]

I'm not perfect, but one thing I recommend with blue chips, and I consider BCE a blue chip stock, is that it's never a good thing to sell at or near a 10 year low. Rates affect these stocks primarily due to their debt structure.  Once rates begin to ease, or once the Bank of Canada or the FED signals it will begin to lower rates, then these stocks will rise again. If anyone tells

[DeanEdmonton]

We JoeBravo, I sold at the then low and it DROPPED another $14. I had bought them slightly higher than I sold but the signs of further SP drop were already in place. I captured the tax loss for last year and now I can buy them back for a lot less, and at a much higher effective yield. Many said I was silly for selling when I did. I agree with you that selling the balance of my holdings at today