Designed to help Canadians find investment solutions to the two big problems they’re facing: low interest rates and volatile stock markets, the Income Investor was chosen by The Globe and Mail as one of the top five investment newsletters in Canada. If you need income from investments with minimal risk, the Income Investor covers all types of income securities including income trusts, preferred shares, high-yielding common stocks, bonds, mutual funds, exchange-traded funds, and GICs. Any security that generates cash flow is fair game for our experts.
Edited and published by Gordon Pape. Editor: Mike Keerma.
With Gavin Graham, Shawn Allen, Adam Mayers, & Paul Bamford.
Recent Issues
tii2502 (January 30, 2025)
Hedged, unhedged, US dollars – an investor’s guide… The elephant in the room… Richard Croft updates Power Corp., CIBC… This month’s Top Pick: AT&T… A good time for pipeline stocks… Gordon Pape updates iShares 0-5 Years TIPS Bond Index ETF, Emera Inc…. Your Questions: Preferred shares
tii2501 (January 15, 2025)
The Trump defence… Hydro One is a portfolio anchor… A good year for dividends
tii2424 (December 18, 2024)
Top income stocks of 2024… An eventful year for Canadian banks… Gavin Graham updates Scotiabank, National Bank, Definity Financial Group, Guardian Group, Capital Power… Gordon Pape updates Gibson Energy, Keyera, Pembina Pipeline… Correction… Price increase…Your Questions: Adding more fixed income, XSTP return
tii2423 (December 5, 2024)
Disney back on track… Top Pick: The Walt Disney Co…. Adam Mayers’s updates… Gavin Graham updates AltaGas, Boralex… Your Questions: Atlantica sale… Price increase
tii2422 (November 28, 2024)
Balanced Portfolio gains on rate cuts… Wall Street feels the Trump effect… Gavin Graham picks Finning International… Gavin Graham updates Canadian Natural Resources, Suncor Energy, Peyto Exploration and Development… Long US Treasury bonds may be timely… Shawn Allen’s bond recommendations
tii2421 (November 13, 2024)
Utilities trend higher, but…… Singles beat homers… This month’s Top Pick: Metro Inc…. Gordon Pape updates Enbridge… Your Questions: Preferred shares
tii2420 (October 24, 2024)
High Yield Portfolio gains 20%… The Bull is alive!… Gavin Graham updates Unilever, Diageo, Corby Spirit and Wine, Brookfield Corp.
Recent Updates
Pembina Pipeline Corp. (TSX: PPL, NYSE: PBA)
Pembina owns and operates an integrated system of pipelines that transport various products derived from natural gas and hydrocarbon liquids. The company also owns and operates gas gathering and processing facilities and an oil and natural gas liquids infrastructure and logistics business.
Buy
Power Corporation of Canada (TSX: POW, OTC: PWCDF)
Power Corp. of Canada is a diversified holding company with interests in financial services, communications, and other business sectors through its wholly owned subsidiary Power Financial (Power Corp. bought the remaining shares of Power Financial in February 2020). Power Financial is the holding company for the Desmarais family’s financial interests. The company owns 66.8% of Great West Life, Canada’s second-largest life insurer, as well as 62.1% of asset manager IGM Financial, which owns Investors’ Group and Mackenzie Investments. Power also owns 14.1% of European conglomerate Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA (GBL) and 74% of Wealthsimple Financial, an online advisory platform.
Hold
Emera Inc. (TSX: EMA, OTC: EMRAF)
Emera is a geographically diverse energy and services company headquartered in Halifax, Nova Scotia with approximately $28 billion in assets and 2016 revenues of over $4 billion. The company invests in electricity generation, transmission, and distribution, as well as gas transmission and utility energy services.
Buy
iShares 0-5 Years TIPS Bond Index ETF (TSX: XSTP)
This is a short-term ETF that invests in a portfolio of inflation protected bonds issued by the United States Treasury, which are known as TIPS.