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, Richard Croft, & David Kitai.
Recent Issues
tii2122 (November 24, 2021)
REIT ETFs show mixed returns… Diversified REITs make a comeback… Top Pick: Artis REIT… Richard Croft’s Update: Power Corp. of Canada… Gordon Pape’s Updates: BMO Low Volatility Canadian Equity ETF, CI U.S. & Canada Lifeco Income ETF… Gavin Graham’s Updates: Diageo, Unilver, Stella-Jones, Pizza Pizza Royalty Corp., The Keg Royalties Income Fund
tii2121 (November 11, 2021)
Dividend ban lifted… This month’s Top Pick: Russel Metals… Gordon Pape’s updates: iShares Core Balanced ETF Portfolio, Horizons Enhanced Income Gold Producers ETF, CI First Asset Gold+ Giants Covered Call ETF, BCE
tii2120 (October 28, 2021)
Where to find dividend growth The purpose of income portfolios is income… Top Pick: Freehold Royalties Ltd… Richard Croft’s Update: Power Corp. of Canada… Gordon Pape’s Updates: Procter & Gamble Co., Fortis Inc… Gavin Graham’s Updates: Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd., Savaria Corp., Boralex Inc…. Ryan Irvine’s Fall Webinars: How to Position your Stock Portfolio for 2022 and Beyond
tii2119 (October 14, 2021)
Balanced Portfolio continues to gain… This month’s Top Pick: Gibson Energy… Your Questions: Canadian General Investments
tii2118 (September 30, 2021)
High Yield Portfolio posts gain… REITs for income and value… Top Pick: Automotive Properties REIT… Gordon Pape’s Updates: Harvest Healthcare Income Leaders ETF, Horizons Active Cdn Dividend ETF, BMO Covered Call Dow Jones Industrial Average Hedged to CAD ETF, Brompton Flaherty & Crumrine Investment Grade Preferred ETF… Gavin Graham’s Updates: Suncor Energy
tii2117 (September 16, 2021)
Not all bond ETFs are losers… Gavin Graham updates Johnson & Johnson, Intact Financial, Cineplex… Correction: Slate REIT
tii2116 (August 27, 2021)
RRIF Portfolio doing well… REIT Roundup… Gavin Graham’s REIT updates: Choice, Crombie, SmartCentres, Plaza, Slate, Allied, Minto… Gordon Pape’s update: Pembina Pipeline… Your questions: US investing
Recent Updates
Sienna Senior Living Inc. (TSX: SIA, OTC: LWSCF)
Sienna Senior Living is one of Canada’s largest owners of seniors housing and the largest licensed long-term care provider in Ontario. The company owns a portfolio of 93 senior housing properties, operating an additional 12 for external owners. That real estate focused business and strong dividend yield makes it functionally equivalent to a REIT.
Buy
Dream Industrial REIT (TSX: DIR.UN, OTC: DREUF)
This REIT specializes in light industrial properties, mainly located in Canada but with a U.S. expansion strategy. It owns and operates a portfolio of 223 geographically diversified properties comprising approximately 20.2 million square feet of gross leasable area.
Buy
Choice Properties REIT (TSX: CHP.UN)
The Weston family-controlled Choice Properties REIT holds its Loblaw-anchored grocery store assets. On Dec. 31, 2025, Choice owned 699 properties, consisting of 68.5 million sq. ft., with 98.2% occupancy worth $18 billion. Loblaws comprised 59% of the total, leaving 28.3 million sq. ft. for third-party retailers. 83% of the total is necessity-based retailers, including groceries, quick service restaurants, pharmacies, liquor stores, and doctors offices.
Buy
BMO Global Infrastructure ETF (TSX: ZGI)
This was the first ETF launched by Bank of Montreal in 2010 and is a good-sized fund with $222 million in assets. It offers reasonable liquidity and passively follows the Dow Jones Brookfield Global Infrastructure North American Listed Index, with weightings based on the market capitalization of the stocks in the index.
Hold
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (TSX, NYSE: CM)
Since our initial Buy recommendation in May 2019, CIBC has returned between 430% and 450% including reinvested dividends.