One of the most important principles of sound investment management is staying on top of what’s happening in the world and how those events affect finances. Conditions change quickly, and keeping up-to-date on developments and trends can be challenging. The team of experts producing IWB have been advising Canadian investors for over 25 years.
Edited and Published by Gordon Pape. Associate Editor: Richard Croft
With Gavin Graham, Ryan Irvine, Glenn Rogers, Shawn Allen, Adam Mayers, Paul Bamford & Michael Corcoran.
Recent Issues
iwb22540 (November 17, 2025)
A tale of two dividends… The Week… What to do with SUNC… Ryan Irvine updates Groupe Dynamite, VersaBank… Gordon Pape updates Pfizer, Maple Leaf Foods, Canada Packers… Ryan Irvine’s year-end webinars… Holiday Special
iwb22539 (November 10, 2025)
Cash is not risk-free… The Week… Playing the financial engineering game… Richard Croft updates Premium Income Corporation Class A Shares, ALPS O’Shares US Small-Cap Quality Dividend ETF, BMO Covered Call Canadian Banks ETF, BMO S&P/TSX Equal Weight Banks Index ETF… Gordon Pape updates Apple, Amazon… Your questions: The price of gold
iwb22538 (November 3, 2025)
Fright night… The Week… Nuclear deal boosts Cameco… Eli Lilly leads in weight loss war… Adam Mayers updates iShares US Medical Devices ETF, Medtronic… Gordon Pape updates Rogers Communications, Alphabet, Home Depot… Masters of Finance: Canada’s female trailblazers
iwb22537 (October 27, 2025)
Tariffs hit Descartes’ stock… The Week… How much is too much?… Shawn Allen updates American Express, Stantic, Linamar… Gordon Pape updates Brookfield Corp., Celestica, Thermo Fisher Scientific… Financial Factoids: Operation Fish
Recent Updates
Amazon.com (NDQ: AMZN)
Amazon.com remains a global leader in e-commerce and cloud computing, with its Amazon Web Services (AWS) division driving significant growth and innovation. The company’s scale and technology investments continue to set it apart in retail, logistics, and digital services.
Hold
ALPS O’Shares U.S. Quality Dividend ETF (Cboe BZX: OUSM)
This fund holds a basket of 200+ profitable companies in the Russell 2000 index. The Russell is an index of 2,000 smaller cap companies with businesses primarily domiciled in the U.S.
Sell
BMO Covered Call Canadian Banks ETF (TSX: ZWB)
ZWB aims to provide high monthly income and long-term capital appreciation by investing in Canadian bank stocks and writing covered call options to reduce volatility (usually calls are written against 40% of the underlying shares).
Hold
Apple Inc. (NDQ: AAPL)
Apple is an international technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California. It is one of the largest companies in the world, with a market cap of $4 trillion.
Hold/Buy
BMO S&P/TSX Equal Weight Banks Index ETF (TSX: ZEB)
ZEB holds the same portfolio as ZWB. However, ZEB does not write covered calls to increase the ETF’s cash flow. Rather, it simply holds the underlying banks and pays out a monthly distribution that approximates the dividends paid by the banks.