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To: Ditchdigger who wrote (26428)	2/2/2017 9:21:43 AM
From: E_K_S	Respond to of 34328

Many of my Canadian companies are paying and/or increasing their dividends reflecting the increased revenues due to higher natural resource commodity prices and economic growth. Eventually, we will also get a currency gain if/when the $CAN recovers from the strong $US. I am apt to make new marginal investments into my Canadian dividend payers for this reason but will maintain my current weighting. Maybe one approach is to look at the blended yield for the Canadian companies vs those of my U.S. companies. There are some Canadian REITs I would like to add to my mostly U.S. based REITs. 1 $US equals $1.30 $CAN so there is a 30% premium. Years ago it was close to parity. EKS

To: Ditchdigger who wrote (26428)	2/2/2017 4:17:03 PM
From: Kip S	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 34328

Ditch (or anyone else), I wouldn't mind diversifying out of my telecoms--T and VZ, especially the latter--so I am curious about BCE. The first thing I noticed was that it had essentially no dividend growth in the past five years. I assume that is in U.S. dollars. Anyone know a source for their dividends in Canadian dollars? Do they pay quarterly like U.S. companies? If they have been increasing their dividends in their home currency, then I might be more favorably disposed, since the Canadian dollar seems pretty "low." Anyone know if dividends like this one are "qualified" for U.S. tax purposes? TIA, all. Kip