Newsletter: The Income Investor

RRSPs – Invest like the pros… Fixed-income substitutes… This month’s Top Pick: BCE First Preferred Shares Series AC… Gordon Pape’s updates: Brookfield Renewable Partners, True North Commercial REIT, Crombie REIT… Your Questions: A safer investment; Why not use TFSAs?… Members’ Corner: Enbridge

The year ahead… Avoid money market funds… Gordon Pape updates Information Services, Innergex… Your Questions: REITs and utilities; RRSP to TFSA… Members’ Corner: Portfolios; High-interest accounts… Correction

Cineplex sold at big profit… An overlooked REIT gem… This month’s Top Pick: Morguard REIT… Gordon Pape’s stock updates: Enbridge, Firm Capital MIC, Brookfield Asset Management… Gordon Pape’s fund updates: PH&N High Yield Bond Fund, PH&N Total Return Bond Fund, PH&N Short Term Bond and Mortgage Fund, Fidelity Global Bond Fund, iShares Core International Aggregate Bond ETF, Harvest Brand Leaders Plus Income ETF, First Asset Tech Giants Covered Call ETF… Tax Warning: Year-end fund purchases… Price Reminder

The focus is cash flow and safety. Capital gains like these are a nice bonus.

Top performers of 2019… Gordon Pape’s ETF updates… Your Questions: Brookfield Renewable, Cash wedging… Price reminder

Takeover boosts Income Portfolio… The sound of music and the madness of crowds… Richard Croft’s updates: BMO U.S. Put Write ETF… Top Pick: Horizons Active Cdn Dividend ETF… Gordon Pape’s updates: H&R REIT, North West Company, Brookfield Renewable Partners… Gavin Graham’s updates: Ag Growth Convertible Debenture… Your Questions: Losing stocks… Correction… Price Notice

Canada’s Old Faithful… Gordon Pape’s updates: Extendicare, Encana, Pembina Pipeline… Your Questions: Canoe Fund, Split shares

Big rewards from green energy… The U.K. on sale… Gavin Graham’s updates: Boralex, Fairfax Financial, Cogeco… Gordon Pape’s updates: PIMCO Monthly Income Fund, Summit Industrial Income REIT, Sienna Retirement Living… Your Questions: Replacing Dream Global REIT

Emotions impact your returns… Richard Croft updates CIBC… Gordon Pape updates Dream Global REIT, Brookfield Infrastructure… Your Questions: RRIF allocation; WPT REIT; Sentry U.S. fund

Balanced portfolio posts good gain… Choosing the best minimum floor rate reset preferreds… Top Picks: Canadian Utilities Corp. preferred CU.PR.I, TC Energy Corp. preferred TRP.PR.J, Capital Power Corp. preferred CPX.PR.G… Gordon Pape’s updates: Enbridge, TC Energy, Chartwell Retirement Residences REIT, Morneau Shepell… Your Questions: Recession-resistant stocks; Cambridge fund

In this issue: High-Yield Portfolio gains ground Ryan Irvine’s seminars Your Questions: Back to work? Next regular issue: September 26 Printable PDF HIGH-YIELD PORTFOLIO GAINS GROUND By Gordon Pape, Editor and Publisher It’s time for an update on our H …

RRIF Portfolio posts gain… Perspectives on risk… Richard Croft’s Updates: Covered call writes on Apple Inc. and Netflix… This month’s Top Pick: Global X Super Dividend REIT… Gavin Graham’s updates: AirBoss of America, Medical Facilities, Plaza Retail REIT, Slate Retail REIT, Intact Financial

Rumour sparks price jump… Gordon Pape’s updates: TransAlta Renewables, Keyera Corp., PrairieSky Royalties, Freehold Royalties, Algonquin Power & Utilities, Brookfield Renewable Partners… Your Questions: Back to work?

Interest rates are heading down… Searching for income… Top Pick: Fiera Capital Corp…. Gavin Graham’s Updates: iShares S&P Global Water ETF, iShares Convertible Bond ETF, Supremex… Gordon Pape’s updates: Brookfield Infrastructure LP, Canoe EIT Income Fund, Emera Inc., BMO Financial Group… Your Questions: Investing inheritance… Housekeeping

New cash option… Gordon Pape’s ETF updates… Your Questions: Buying U.S. stocks, Selling U.S. stocks… Housekeeping

Fed move a game-changer… Top Pick: CI First Asset Canadian Buyback Index ETF… Grab these new preferreds while you can… Gavin Graham’s updates: Calian Group, Capital Power, Pason Systems… Gordon Pape’s updates: North West Company, Extendicare, Information Services

In this issue: Big gains for bonds Gordon Pape’s bond ETF updates Gordon Pape updates Algonquin, Enbridge Next regular issue: June 27 Printable PDF BIG GAINS FOR BONDS By Gordon Pape, Editor and Publisher Stocks have held up remarkedly well so far this …

Income Portfolio gains 10%… Trade war angst… Top Pick: Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce… Richard Croft’s updates: BMO US Put Write ETF… Gordon Pape’s updates: Premium Brands, B&G Foods, Principal Financial Group… Your Questions: Tax efficiencies… Housekeeping

Brookfield partnerships pay off… Gordon Pape updates Pembina Pipeline… Your Questions: Sentry fund, U.S. term deposits

REITs rock… The Fed’s dovish game changer… Top Pick: AltaGas Canada… Gordon Pape’s ETF updates: BMO Low Volatility Canadian Equity ETF, Harvest Healthcare Leaders Income ETF, First Asset U.S. & Canada Lifeco Income ETF, First Asset Energy Giants Covered Call ETF, First Asset Tech Giants Covered Call ETF, Horizons Active Preferred Share ETF, Harvest Brand Leaders Plus Income ETF, BMO Covered Call Dow Jones Industrial Average Hedged to CAD ETF… Gavin Graham’s Updates: Power Financial, Sun Life Financial, Vodafone

Balanced Portfolio moves higher… Your Questions: Future of markets, Motive Financial… Members’ Corner: Model portfolios… Ryan Irvine’s workshops… Housekeeping

Setback for High-Yield Portfolio… Which bond index ETF to buy?… Top Pick: iShares Core Canadian Universe Bond Index ETF… Gordon Pape’s updates: Chartwell Retirement Residences REIT, Innergex Renewable Energy, Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund… Paul Bamford’s Updates: Canadian Utilities I Preferreds, Morguard REIT Convertible Debentures, Intact Financial Floating D Preferreds

Dividend stocks are not bonds… Gordon Pape updates Northview REIT, Algonquin Power… Gavin Graham updates AltaGas Ltd…. Members’ Corner: Model Portfolios

Small gain for RRIF portfolio… Past performance challenges… Top Pick: BMO Low Volatility Canadian Equity ETF… Gordon Pape’s Updates: True North Commercial REIT, BCE… Housekeeping

Why preferred shares tanked… Gavin Graham updates AGT Food and Ingredients… Your Questions: Buying bonds… Housekeeping

And the winners are… Comfort in Canadian banks’ strong capital ratios… Top Pick: Canoe EIT Income Fund… Gavin Graham’s updates: Bank of Nova Scotia, Canadian Western Bank, ZCL Composites… Gordon Pape’s updates: Inter Pipeline, Pembina Pipeline… Members’ Corner: Your views on options, model portfolios

Play defense… Analyzing REIT ETFs… Michael Corcoran updates Macquarrie Infrastructure… Gordon Pape updates Chemtrade

Utilities make a comeback… Navigating a rising rate environment… Top Pick: Granite REIT…Gordon Pape’s updates: Northview Apartment REIT, Summit Industrial Income REIT, Chorus Aviation… What’s your view?… Your Questions: Too much in RRSP?… Renew now

Earn almost 7% with this REIT… Gordon Pape updates BMO, CanWel Building Materials, Premium Brands… Your Questions: Convertible debentures, RRIF strategies