Newsletter: The Income Investor

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

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…

The post-trust world…The deflating bond bubble…A year of changes…January’s top pick: K-Bro Linen Systems…January updates: Bank of Montreal, TD preferreds, BCE preferreds, Daylight Energy

A new era…Yellow Media…Capital Power Income LP…Citadel Income Fund…RioCan REIT

Beware of the bond bubble…Dividends for the long run…October’s top picks: Claymore 1-5 Year Laddered Bond ETF, Johnson & Johnson…Updates: Atlantic Power debentures and common stock, Emera, BCE Series AC preferreds, Colabor Group…Your Questions: IPS, Brookfield LP

Buy Brookfield Infrastructure LP…Calloway REIT…Canadian Utilities preferreds…Penn West Energy Trust…Diversified Preferred Share Trust

A new survivor trust…Bond credit ratings: A guide, not a crutch…Gavin Graham picks Leon’s Furniture…Updates: Enbridge common and preferreds…Your Questions: What to buy?

Survivor trust update…Five-year corporates look attractive…July’s top picks: Shaw Communications Notes, Capital Power Income L.P….July updates: Canada 2012 Strips, GTAA 6.25% Notes, Atlantic Power, Canadian Utilities, Student Transportation, Brookfield Soundvest Equity Fund…Your Questions: Bond funds…Correction: Firm Capital

New survivor trust pick…Firm Capital…North West Company Fund…PH&N Short Term Bond and Mortgage Fund…TD Bond Fund

Time to add bank stocks…Beware Greeks bearing debt…June’s top pick: ARC Energy Trust…June updates: Bank of Montreal, National Bank, BMO preferreds, TD preferreds, Pembina Pipelines…Your Questions: Comparing REITs

Trusts hang in…Armtec Infrastructure Fund…Reitmans (Canada)…H&R REIT…Firm Capital

Income trusts: the home stretch…Shaw grabs Global TV assets…30-year bond bull market ending…May’s top pick: Telus 5.95% series CE notes …Updates: Emera, Liquor Stores, Penn West…Your Questions: Registered vs. non-registered, another flip-flop?

Canadian Oil Sands still looks good…Don’t sit on your cash…April’s top income pick: Reitmans Ltd….Updates: BCE floating rate preferreds, National Bank. Colabor Group…Your Questions: Target prices, new trust tax, and more

Our priorities…Atlantic Power Corp….North West Company Fund…Northern Property REIT…PH&N Total Return Bond Fund

REITs are the answer to the yield dilemma…The importance of rising dividends…March?s top picks: Crombie REIT, Crombie convertible debentures…March updates: First Capital Realty, TD Series P preferreds, Navina Income and Growth Fund, Baytex Energy Trust…Your questions: U.S. REITS