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
tii2521 (November 13, 2025)
US utilities worth a look… Outlook brightens for Telus… Adam Mayers updates Evolve Healthcare… Gordon Pape updates Coca-Cola
tii2520 (October 23, 2025)
Utilities on the rise… Bonds or preferreds? A tug of war… Richard Croft updates CIBC, Power Corp., Manulife Financial… Gordon Pape updates BMO Group, Exchange Income Corp…. Gordon Pape’s ETF updates
tii2519 (October 9, 2025)
Nervous? Think short… Top Pick: iShares Core Canadian Short Term Corporate Bond Index ETF… Infrastructure ETFs offer hidden value… Adam Mayers updates Metro… Gordon Pape updates AT …
tii2518 (September 25, 2025)
Falling rates boost High Yield Portfolio, Higher copper demand sparks Teck merger talk, This month’s Top Pick: Rio Tinto. Desjardins bids for Guardian, Grocery-anchored retail REITs
tii2517 (September 11, 2025)
Junk bonds: A risk-return balance… CT REIT offers safety, income… Adam Mayers updates iShares S&P/TSX Dividend Aristocrats Index ETF, South Bow Corp…. Gavin Graham updates National Bank, Saputo
tii2516 (August 28, 2025)
Rate cuts would benefit utilities… Top Pick: Dominion Energy… RRIF Portfolio posts gain… Gavin Graham updates Canadian Tire, Corby Spirit and Wine, Lundin Mining
tii2515 (August 14, 2025)
Russel rewards investors… Ray Dalio’s US debt warning… Adam Mayers updates LyondellBasell Industries… Gordon Pape updates Bank of Montreal, Procter & Gamble
Recent Updates
Freehold Royalties Ltd. (TSX: FRU)
Freehold has assets predominately in western Canada, although it is expanding in the US. It has a portfolio of about 6 million gross acres in Canada and 1.2 million in the US, producing from over 21,000 wells. Freehold owns the mineral rights but does not operate the wells, incurring no capital costs for drilling or equipment, allowing it to pay monthly dividends.
Sell
Peyto Exploration and Development Corp. (TSX: PEY)
The company focuses on exploring and producing unconventional natural gas in Alberta’s Deep Basin. As one of Canada’s lowest-cost natural gas producers, Peyto is known for its efficient, high-margin operations.
The current monthly dividend is $0.11 a share, providing an attractive yield of 5.3%.
Hold
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
Gibson Energy Inc. (TSX: GEI, OTC: GBNXF)
Gibson’s principal businesses consist of the storage, optimization, processing, and gathering of crude oil and refined products. The company’s operations are focused around its core terminal assets located at Hardisty and Edmonton, and also include the Moose Jaw Facility and an infrastructure position in the US.
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.