Alamos Gold is probably the premier intermediate gold producer in Canada
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These are straight preferred shares.
These are straight preferreds.
These are straight preferreds.
A Canadian communications and media company based in Toronto.
This ETF invests in a portfolio of long-term Canada bonds with a maturity of more than 10 years.
Celestica (TSX, NYSE: CLS)
Toronto-based Celestica was originally part of IBM.
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C3.AI Incorporated (NYSE: AI)
This company was co-founded initially by, who else, Elon Musk.
Envela Corp. (NYSE: ELA)
Envela is a “re-commerce” business that is based on the recycling or reselling of products, also known as “re-commerce”. Envela has two segments: DGSE, which is business to consumer, and ECHG, which is business to business. The company has a market cap of $142.7 million.
NextEra Energy (NYSE: NEE)
NextEra claims to generate more wind and solar energy than any other company in the world.
This fund is designed to protect your money while providing a modest rate of return.
Devon Energy (NYSE: DVN)
One of the largest US onshore oil drillers.
The fund is suitable for investors who want regular cash flow from a dividend-based portfolio.
RTX manufactures aircraft engines, avionics, cyber security solutions, guided missiles, air defense systems, satellites, and drones.
Starbucks Corporation (NDQ: SBUX)
American multinational chain of coffeehouses and roasteries based in Seattle.
CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd. (OTC: CKHUY)
CK Hutchison Holdings (CKH) is the holding company for the diversified interests of Hong Kong’s wealthiest man, Li Ka Shing. It owns the world’s leading ports network, with interests in six of the 10 busiest container ports in the world. This is achieved through its 80% interest in the Hutchison Ports business and its 30% […]
Mining entrepreneur Ross Beatty owns 6.2%.
Cheniere was the first company to export liquid natural gas.
Western Union (NYSE: WU)
Western Union provides money transfers through a global network of about 600,000 agents.
POW spotlights the disconnect between share price performance and total return.
ELF is a cosmetics company that caters to a younger customer base, with more reasonable prices. It has broad distribution through department chains along with a decent online business. Many of its products cost $10 or less, which appeals to budget minded millennials.
PIC.A is managed by Mulvihill Investment Management.
Minto Apartment REIT (TSX: MI.UN)
Minto Apartment REIT owns and operates a portfolio of 28 high-quality multi-residential apartment properties comprising 7,726 suites with 2,484 suites in Toronto, 2,784 in Ottawa, 1,793 in Montreal, and 665 in Calgary. It has convertible development loans on two properties in Vancouver and one in Victoria.
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This ETF provides exposure to a broad range of companies in Europe, Australia, Asia, and the Far East. It seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of large- and mid-capitalization developed market equities, excluding the U.S. and Canada.
Income Investor Top Performers of 2019

The focus is cash flow and safety. Capital gains like these are a nice bonus.
IWB Top Performers of 2019

The markets posted good numbers in 2019 but many of our IWB picks did even better.
The second-largest producing silver miner in North America.
International Business Machines is one of the world’s largest technology companies.
Granite REIT (TSX: GRT.UN, NYSE: GRP.UN)
GRT.UN was spun-out from Magna in 2011. It houses the properties on which MG’s plant were built. Management has since pledged to diversify to other industries . And it has been delivering on that promise. It has cut its reliance on Magna by more than a third. It is in nine countries, split more or […]
This ETF holds a portfolio of equal weight stocks in the Big Six Canadian banks.
XPEL has a global footprint including operations in the United States, China, Canada, Continental Europe, the United Kingdom, Asia Pacific, Latin America, and the Middle East/Africa.
Headquartered in Montreal, Dynacor is an artisanal and small-scale mining corporation.
The fund was launched in January 2011 and has $3.2 billion in AUM.
The company’s headquarters are in Waterloo, Ontario and Descartes has offices and partners around the world.
Nvidia made its name with the graphic processor units used in gaming systems.
Visa Inc. is the entity that sits at the top of the vast Visa credit and debit card operation. Visa Inc. itself does not issue credit cards but it processes much of the data and effectively collects license fees and “toll charges”on every Visa transaction. Its direct clients are the banks that issue the credit […]
Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS)
Founded in 1869, GS is headquartered in New York and maintains offices in all major financial centres around the world.
Amazon.com (NDQ: AMZN)
The largest on-line retailer in the world.
The largest company in the TSX information technology sub-index.
Emera Inc. (TSX: EMA, OTC: EMRAF)
Emera is a geographically diverse energy and services company headquartered in Halifax, Nova Scotia with approximately $28 billion in assets and 2016 revenues of over $4 billion. The company invests in electricity generation, transmission, and distribution, as well as gas transmission and utility energy services.
Apple’s iPhones and iPads dominate the market.
One of Canada’s largest residential landlords.
Alphabet Inc. (NDQ: GOOGL)
Alphabet is the umbrella company that includes Google and a variety of other entities.
UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH)
UnitedHealth Group is the largest healthcare company in the world.
iShares MSCI Frontier 100 ETF
This ETF tracks the performance of major stocks in what are known as frontier markets. This is high-risk niche investing that focuses on countries that have not yet even reached emerging markets status.
Toll Brothers (NYSE: TOL)
A builder of executive and “affordable luxury” single-family homes.
Crombie is a real estate investment trust that owns 289 Canadian grocery stores, most of which anchor shopping malls.
This ETF, which is the Canadian-dollar hedged version of a U.S. fund (NYSE: EFA), tracks the MSCI EAFE Index, which covers Europe, Australasia, and the Far East.