Newsletter: The Income Investor

REIT ETFs show mixed returns… Diversified REITs make a comeback… Top Pick: Artis REIT… Richard Croft’s Update: Power Corp. of Canada… Gordon Pape’s Updates: BMO Low Volatility Canadian Equity ETF, CI U.S. & Canada Lifeco Income ETF… Gavin Graham’s Updates: Diageo, Unilver, Stella-Jones, Pizza Pizza Royalty Corp., The Keg Royalties Income Fund

Dividend ban lifted… This month’s Top Pick: Russel Metals… Gordon Pape’s updates: iShares Core Balanced ETF Portfolio, Horizons Enhanced Income Gold Producers ETF, CI First Asset Gold+ Giants Covered Call ETF, BCE

Where to find dividend growth The purpose of income portfolios is income… Top Pick: Freehold Royalties Ltd… Richard Croft’s Update: Power Corp. of Canada… Gordon Pape’s Updates: Procter & Gamble Co., Fortis Inc… Gavin Graham’s Updates: Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd., Savaria Corp., Boralex Inc…. Ryan Irvine’s Fall Webinars: How to Position your Stock Portfolio for 2022 and Beyond

Balanced Portfolio continues to gain… This month’s Top Pick: Gibson Energy… Your Questions: Canadian General Investments

High Yield Portfolio posts gain… REITs for income and value… Top Pick: Automotive Properties REIT… Gordon Pape’s Updates: Harvest Healthcare Income Leaders ETF, Horizons Active Cdn Dividend ETF, BMO Covered Call Dow Jones Industrial Average Hedged to CAD ETF, Brompton Flaherty & Crumrine Investment Grade Preferred ETF… Gavin Graham’s Updates: Suncor Energy

Not all bond ETFs are losers… Gavin Graham updates Johnson & Johnson, Intact Financial, Cineplex… Correction: Slate REIT

RRIF Portfolio doing well… REIT Roundup… Gavin Graham’s REIT updates: Choice, Crombie, SmartCentres, Plaza, Slate, Allied, Minto… Gordon Pape’s update: Pembina Pipeline… Your questions: US investing

Bank ETFs… This month’s Top Pick: RBNK… Gordon Pape updates Pembina Pipeline, Harvest Brand Leaders Plus Income ETF, CI First Asset Tech Giants Covered Call ETF… Your Questions: Firm Capital… Members’ Corner: Reaching for yield

Small company, big profit… In praise of dividends… This month’s Top Picks: Manulife, Power Corp…. Richard Croft’s updates: CIBC… Gavin Graham’s updates: Brookfield Asset Management, Capital Power, Leon’s Furniture… Gordon Pape’s updates: The Northwest Company, Coca-Cola, Fortis

Reaching for yield… Gordon Pape updates Keyera Corp., TC Energy, Innergex Renewable Energy… Your Questions: Bank ETFs

Pipeline battles… A case for preferred shares… Finding the right preferred… This month’s Top Pick: Westcoast Energy preferred W.PR.M… Paul Bamford’s updates: Canadian Utilities preferred CU.PR.I… Gordon Pape’s updates: NorthWest Healthcare Properties REIT, Dream Industrial REIT… Members’ Corner: Convertible Bond ETFs… Ryan Irvine’s summer webinars

Return to normality… Gavin Graham updates Scotiabank, Canadian Western Bank… Gordon Pape updates BMO Covered Call Dow Jones ETF… Correction: Pizza Pizza

Green energy hits bear market… There’s value in streaming… This month’s Top Pick: Anglo Pacific Group… Gavin Graham’s updates: AirBoss of America, Boralex, Corby Spirits and Wines, Fiera Capital, Pizza Pizza Royalty Corp…. Gordon Pape’s ETF updates: Horizons HEP, CI First Asset CGXF, Vanguard VBU, Horizons HALRoyalty Corp…. Members’ Corner: Foreign dividends

Limiting risk… Top Pick: Canadian Utilities… Gordon Pape updates BCE, Pembina Pipeline, Enbridge… Members’ Corner: Thanks to Paul Bamford

Balanced Portfolio gains ground… A fixed-income proxy for conservative investors… Gordon Pape’s updates: Procter & Gamble, CI U.S. & Canada Lifeco Income ETF, BMO Emerging Markets Bond Hedged to CAD Index ETF, Harvest Healthcare Leaders Income ETF… Your Questions: Tax-efficient retirement; Tax advantages of REITs; Closed-end funds

Brookfield ups the ante… Gordon Pape updates Algonquin Power & Utilities, Principal Financial Group, B&G Foods…. Digital tax credit… Your Questions: The future of bond funds… Members’ Corner: Climate change… Ryan Irvine’s spring webinars

In this issue: Big gain for High-Yield Portfolio Minimum rate reset prefs still a good deal Top Pick: Enbridge minimum rate reset preferred Series 19 Gordon Pape’s ETF updates: iShares Core Balanced (XBAL), Brompton, Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred ( …

Rising rates hit utilities… Gordon Pape updates TC Energy, BMO Group, Pembina Pipeline, TransAlta Renewables… Your Questions: Calculating yield; Too much in one fund?; Bond market crash

In this issue: RRIF portfolio bounces back Investing through bubbles, booms, and busts This month’s Top Pick: CT REIT Gavin Graham’s updates: Diageo, Unilever, Calian Group, Fairfax Financial Gordon Pape’s updates: iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Next u …

Brookfield twins pay off… Dividend hikes… Gordon Pape updates BCE… Your Questions: Withdrawing RRIF assets; Solving a mystery; Taxing bond ETFs; Wife’s RRSP

Firm Capital defies pessimists… This month’s Top Pick: Procter & Gamble… Seeds of division… Richard Croft’s covered call recommendations… Richard Croft’s updates: CIBC… Gordon Pape’s updates: Dream Industrial REIT… Paul Bamford’s updates: Granite REIT, Morguard REIT… Your Questions: Transferring funds to an RRSP

In this issue: Industrial REITs are hot Brookfield to the rescue Gordon Pape updates Morneau Shepell, B&G Foods, Enbridge Your Questions: Loss on GOVT Next regular issue: January 28 Download the PDF INDUSTRIAL REITS ARE HOT By Gordon Pape, Editor a …

Overlooked high-yielders… Supporting structures… Top Pick: Stella-Jones… Gavin Graham’s updates: Pason Systems, Richards Packaging Income Fund… Gordon Pape’s updates: BMO Financial Group, Horizons Active Cdn Divided ETF, CI First Asset Canadian Buyback Index ETF, Canoe EIT Income Fund, BMO… Covered Call Dow Jones Industrial Average Hedged to CAD ETF… Your Questions: BEP split… Last chance to beat the price increase

REITs in recovery… Gordon Pape updates Fortis, Emera, Innergex… Your Questions: Dividend payments; What about SRET?… Price increase

Big payouts – but for how long?… New traditions… This month’s Top Pick: iShares Core Balanced ETF Portfolio… Gordon Pape’s updates: PrairieSky Royalty, Inter Pipeline, Energy Giants Covered Call ETF, Harvest Healthcare Leaders Income ETF, BMO U.S. Dividend ETF, iShares S&P/TSX Composite High Dividend Index ETF… Gavin Graham’s update: Boralex… Your Questions: RRIF with no money… Beat the price increase!

A good choice is the Brompton Flaherty and Crumrine Investment Grade Preferred ETF

Focus on quality… This month’s Top Pick: U.S. Preferred ETF… Updates: Brookfield Renewable Partners… Your Questions: Wants opinion on VRIF… Correction: BMO yield

Second wave hits stocks… Balanced portfolio bounces back… Making sense of retail REITs… Gordon Pape’s updates: TC Energy, Algonquin Power & Utilities… Gavin Graham’s update: Sagen MI Canada… Your Questions: U.S. bonds

Low rates are here to stay… Choose yield over price… Top Pick: NorthWest Healthcare Properties REIT… Gordon Pape’s updates: Enbridge, Fortis, Information Services

High-Yield Portfolio rebounds… Are negative rates coming?… Gavin Graham’s updates: Fiera Capital, Canadian Western Bank, Capital Power, Leon’s Furniture… Gordon Pape’s updates: The Northwest Company, Keyera Corp.

ETFs for uncertain times… Gordon Pape updates Fidelity U.S. Monthly High Income Fund, Sentry U.S. Monthly Income Fund, Cambridge Global High Income Fund… Gavin Graham updates Cogeco

The T.I.N.A. syndrome… Richard Croft’s updates: BMO US Put Write ETF… Pandemic hits RRIF Portfolio… Gordon Pape’s updates: Summit Industrial Income REIT, Firm Capital MIC, Emera, CI First Asset Gold+ Giants Covered Call ETF, Horizons Enhanced Income Gold Producers ETF… Your Questions: GIC rates

A game-changer for preferreds… This month’s Top Pick: RY.PR.S… Gordon Pape’s updates: iShares S&P/TSX Capped REIT Index ETF… Members’ Corner: Brookfield Renewables