Category: Picks
iShares Core Balanced ETF Portfolio (TSX: XBAL) by Gordon Pape
: This is a balanced ETF that invests globally in a portfolio that is roughly divided 60 per cent stocks, 40 per cent bonds. It’s a fund of funds, holding assets in eight basic iShares funds.
Income Investor
November 29, 2020
U.S. preferreds offer stability and good yields by Gordon Pape
A good choice is the Brompton Flaherty and Crumrine Investment Grade Preferred ETF
Income Investor
November 23, 2020
Quipt Home Medical Corp. (TSX-V, NDQ: QIPT) by Gordon Pape
This company was previously called Protech Home Medical Care. It.is a provider of clinical respiratory equipment to a network of over 17,000 referring physicians across the country and oversees the delivery of nearly 250,000 pieces of equipment each y …
Wealth Builder
November 16, 2020
Trulieve Cannabis Corp. (CSE: TRUL, OTC: TCNNF) by Gordon Pape
Trulieve is a vertically integrated “seed-to-sale” company. It is the first and largest fully licensed medical cannabis company in Florida, owning over 50% of the market.
Wealth Builder
November 16, 2020
Brompton Flaherty and Crumrine Investment Grade Preferred ETF (TSX: BPRF, BPRF.U) by Gordon Pape
This ETF focuses on U.S. preferred shares. It is overseen by Flaherty & Crumrine, a highly respected specialty U.S. preferred share manager.
Income Investor
November 14, 2020
Horizons US Marijuana Index ETF (NEO: HMUS) by Gordon Pape
Horizon ETFs did some house cleaning in advance of its rebranding as Global X and recently closed nine ETFs. This was one of them.
Wealth Builder
November 9, 2020
NorthWest Healthcare Properties REIT (TSX: NWH.UN, OTC: NWHUF) by Gordon Pape
This REIT offers a portfolio of high-quality healthcare real estate comprised of interests in a diversified portfolio of 183 income-producing properties and 15 million square feet of gross leasable area located throughout major markets in the Americas, …
Income Investor
October 16, 2020
iShares S&P/TSX Capped Consumer Staples Index ETF (TSX: XST) by Gordon Pape
Replicating the performance of the S&P/TSX Capped Consumer Staples Index, net of expenses
Wealth Builder
October 5, 2020
iShares Silver Trust by Gordon Pape
Silver is the poor man’s gold. SLV is a way to hedge the inflation wildcard, as it holds physical silver rather than silver futures. So, you eliminate the risks associated with misallocations within the silver market. SLV is an ETF to hedge the inflati …
Wealth Builder
September 30, 2020
RioCan REIT (TSX: REI.UN, OTC: RIOCF) by Gordon Pape
One of Canada’s oldest REITs as well as one of its largest