Newsletter: The Income Investor

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

It’s time to look at value stocks… Apartments provide a firm foundation… This month’s Top Pick: Minto Apartment REIT… Gavin Graham’s updates: iShares S&P Global Water Index Fund, iShares Convertible Bond ETF, iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF… Gordon Pape’s updates: Morneau Shepell, Suncor Energy, Inter Pipeline, Pembina Pipeline… Paul Bamford’s update: Intact Financial Corp. Non-Cumulative Floating Rate Class A Shares Series 4… Your Questions: Brookfield Renewables

Don’t miss this opportunity… This month’s Top Pick: Manulife Rate Reset Preferred… Gordon Pape’s Updates: True North Commercial REIT, Northview Apartment REIT, BMO Low Volatility Canadian Equity ETF, Brookfield Property Partners

Crisis winners… The joy of minimums… Top pick: Brookfield Asset Management Class A Preference Shares Series 44… Gavin Graham’s updates: AirBoss, Ag Growth, Uni-Select, Supremex

Own gold, get paid… Gordon Pape’s updates: Brookfield Renewable Partners, TransAlta Renewables… Your Questions: Confused by dividends… Correction: SmartCentres REIT

The Brookfield conundrum… Income portfolio for troubled times… Gordon Pape’s REIT updates: H&R REIT, SmartCentres REIT… Gordon Pape’s ETF updates: Global X SuperDividend REIT ETF, iShares Global REIT ETF, SPDR S&P Dividend ETF, Harvest Healthcare Leaders Income ETF… Gordon Pape’s stock updates: Firm Capital MIC, Brookfield Infrastructure Partners… TFSA portfolio discontinued

The portfolio was down a little over 4%. Time for some changes.

Shake-up for High-Yield Portfolio… Gordon Pape updates Algonquin Power & Utilities, Pembina Pipeline, PIMCO Monthly Income Fund… Gavin Graham updates AltaGas Canada