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
tii1817 (September 14, 2018)
High-Yield Portfolio edges up… Gavin Graham updates Vodafone… Gordon Pape updates TransAlta Renewables… Your Questions: Capital gains tax
tii1816 (August 31, 2018)
RRIF portfolio moves higher… The little-known risk in bond ETFs… Alternatives to ETFs… Sequence risk: The stealth challenge for retirees… Top Pick: Extendicare… Richard Croft’s updates: Covered call strategies on Agnico-Eagle Mines, Goldcorp, Advanced Micro Devices
tii1815 (August 16, 2018)
Brookfield buys Enercare… Gordon Pape updates North West Company, Brookfield Infrastructure, Norbord, Pembina Pipeline… Your Questions: Cash dilemma and high-yield bond funds… Toronto Money Show
tii1814 (July 26, 2018)
ETFs that deliver… Politics drives markets to over-react… This month’s Top Pick: Boralex Inc… Gavin Graham’s updates: Unilever, Diageo, Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund, Pizza Pizza Royalty Corp… Gordon Pape’s updates: Enercare, Information Services, Principal Financial Group, Student Transportation
tii1813 (July 12, 2018)
REITs continue comeback… This month’s Top Pick: Summit Industrial Income REIT… Gordon Pape’s updates: Enbridge, Brookfield Infrastructure, Chorus Aviation… Your Questions: Yield curve
tii1812 (June 29, 2018)
A healthcare income ETF… Investing in convertibles… Buy Morguard convertible… Paul Bamford’s preferred share updates: Bombardier, Canadian Utilities… Gavin Graham’s updates: Supremex, iShares J.P. Morgan Emerging Markets Bond ETF… Correction
tii1811 (June 15, 2018)
Turning oil into income… Gordon Pape’s updates: TransCanada Corp., Inter Pipeline, Pembina Pipeline, Keyera Corp…. Your Questions: Inter vs. Pembina, PMIF a deadweight
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.