Newsletter: The Income Investor

Searching for more income…November’s Top Picks: CPR 6.25% Notes, Dundee International REIT…November updates: Leon’s Furniture, Atlantic Power, Pembina Pipeline…Correction

Income ETFs on track…Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund…Bonavista Energy…TransCanada Corp.

High Yield Review…Ben Bernanke – The new King Canute…October’s Top Pick: Sherritt International…Updates: Crombie REIT, Crombie REIT convertibles, Canaccord preferreds …Your comments: Firm Capital

Natural gas rebounds…Morneau Shepell Inc….Firm Capital…Keyera Corp…World Money Show

Balanced portfolio updated… Interest rates could suddenly jump… September’s Top Picks: Unilever, Laurentian Bank preferreds… Updates: Pure Industrial REIT, Crombie REIT, Crombie convertibles… Clarification

Economic stocks a mixed bag…Updates: Ag Growth International, Canadian Oil Sands, Leon’s Furniture, The Keg, Cineplex, Boardwalk REIT, Allied Properties REIT, Primaris REIT, Canadian REIT, CN Rail

U.S. mortgage REITs…Yellow Media’s unfair reorganization…Dividend stocks deliver…This month’s Top Picks: Corus notes, iShares mREIT ETF…Gordon Pape’s updates: H&R REIT, Northern Property REIT

Bond fund picks…K-Bro Linen…Yellow Media convertible debentures

Your income portfolio …Time to regulate the credit agencies…Don’t expect rate increases soon…July’s Top Picks: Canadian Utilities Series BB Preferreds, BCE…July updates: Canaccord preferreds, Calloway REIT, Canadian Utilities…Housekeeping

Income investors do well…Brookfield Infrastructure LP…Reitmans (Canada) Ltd….First Capital Realty…Website deletions

Only the brave …European bargains?…Time for a strategy shift…June’s top picks: Manitoba Telecom Services, Bonavista Energy…June updates: National Bank, H&R convertible debentures, Brookfield Energy Partners

The big hit ? Inter Pipeline, Pembina Pipeline, Veresen…Update on Intact Financial

High income funds overlooked…The REIT stuff…Bull bond market winding down…May’s Top Picks: Chemtrade convertible debentures, Allied Properties REIT…May’s updates: Atlantic Power, Telus notes, Shaw notes, Progressive Waste

A tale of two REITs…Veresen Inc….North West Company

What’s wrong with ARC?…Keep it in the family…Higher interest rates in the offing…April?s Top Picks: Corus Entertainment, Canaccord Financial reset preferreds…April updates: Crombie REIT convertibles, Firm Capital convertibles…Your Comments: High-Yield Portfolio

Something new…Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners…Brookfield Infrastructure Limited Partnership…Inter Pipeline Fund…iShares 1-5 Year Laddered Government Bond Index Fund

higher risk in exchange for above-average cash flow

A new portfolio…Balanced Portfolio update…Demise of national regulator is good news…Drummond Report creates buying opportunity…March’s top pick: Ontario bonds due September 2017 …Updates: Enbridge, Just Energy, Keyera Facilities…Your Questions: Firm Capital’s “dividends”

Something new… PHN High Yield Bond Fund… PHN Total Return Bond Fund… BMO Monthly Income Fund… CIBC Monthly Income Fund… BMO Guardian Monthly Dividend Fund

Something new…PHN High Yield Bond Fund…PHN Total Return Bond Fund…BMO Monthly Income Fund…CIBC Monthly Income Fund…BMO Guardian Monthly Dividend Fund

Cash flow from cyclicals…Beware of a rate surge…The underachievers…February’s Top Pick: BCE Series S preferreds…February updates: Callaway REIT, National Bank, Yellow Media debentures…Notice to members

Two good energy stocks…Medical Facilities…Morneau Shepell…Emera Inc. …Firm Capital Mortgage

Beating the trust tax… A look at retractable preferreds… Gavin Graham revisits past picks… January’s Top Picks: Canadian General Investments preferreds, Pure Industrial REIT… H&R REIT convertible debentures… Correction: Fund code

Two income funds for 2012… TransCanada Inc. … Canadian Utilities … Student Transportation Inc. … Aston Hill Advantaged VIP Income Fund

Target: return 2% more than the highest-paying GIC

A portfolio for the times… Oil, booze, money, and more… September’s top pick: Claymore Preferred Share ETF … September updates: Shaw notes, Emera, Van Kempen Trust, RioCan REIT, Northern Property REIT

The Armtec debacle…Brookfield Renewable Power Fund…Firm Capital Mortgage Investment Corp.

Canadian banks raising dividends…Primaris Retail REIT …Yellow Media…Brookfield Infrastructure LP…

Cash from ETFs…Time to reassess your preferred share portfolio…May’s Top Pick: Genworth MI Canada…May updates: Enbridge, Enbridge preferreds, Canadian Utilities preferreds, Yellow Media…Your Questions: Asset allocation dilemma…