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
tii1914 (July 25, 2019)
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
tii1913 (July 11, 2019)
New cash option… Gordon Pape’s ETF updates… Your Questions: Buying U.S. stocks, Selling U.S. stocks… Housekeeping
tii1912 (June 28, 2019)
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
tii1911 (June 13, 2019)
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 …
tii1910 (May 30, 2019)
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
tii1909 (May 17, 2019)
Brookfield partnerships pay off… Gordon Pape updates Pembina Pipeline… Your Questions: Sentry fund, U.S. term deposits
tii1908 (April 25, 2019)
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
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
Mullen Group Ltd. (TSX: MTL)
Mullen Group is an Alberta-based transportation and logistics company, with a market cap of $2.64 billion. It’s mainly known as a trucking company, but Mullen also provides specialized services related to the energy, mining, forestry, and construction industries in Western Canada. These include water management, fluid hauling, and environmental reclamation.
We recommended the stock in May 2023 at $15.46. The major attractions were a steady share price and a monthly dividend of $0.06 per share ($0.72 a year), which at the time generated a yield of 4.7%. In August 2024, the monthly dividend was raised to $0.07 ($0.84 a year), for a yield of 2.8% at the recent price of $29.75.
The rise in the share price reduced the yield, but those who bought at the time of our original recommendation have a capital gain of 86% to compensate.
Hold
Keyera Corp. (TSX: KEY, OTC: KEYUF)
Keyera provides services such as gathering, processing, fractionation, storage, transportation, and marketing liquid natural gas (LNG). It does not do any exploration or production.