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
tii2416 (August 29, 2024)
Big gain for RRIF portfolio… Falling rates buoy utilities, REITs, and pipelines… Top Pick: Northland Power Inc…. Gavin Graham updates National Bank, Bank of Nova Scotia… Perpetual preferreds revisited… Shawn Allen updates perpetual preferreds of Canadian Utilities, Fortis, Royal Bank, Great-West Life, Power Financial, Intact Financial, Emera
tii2415 (August 15, 2024)
Signs of life in bond markets… Cash flow from weight loss drugs…Top Pick: Evolve Global Healthcare Enhanced Yield Fund… Gordon Pape updates North West Company
tii2414 (July 25, 2024)
Rate resets revisited… Shawn Allen’s preferred share updates… A tale of two gold funds… The risk/reward dilemma… Richard Croft updates Power Corp., CIBC, Manulife… Gordon Pape updates Enbridge, Fortis
tii2413 (July 11, 2024)
Immigration boosts stock returns… This month’s Top Pick: InterRent REIT… Gordon Pape updates Russel Metals, iShares 0-5 Years TIPS Bond Index ETF, Harvest Brand Leaders Plus Income ETF
tii2412 (June 27, 2024)
A mixed first half… Forget bank deposits, buy the shares… National Bank buys CWB… Gavin Graham updates AltaGas, Ecora Resources, Lundin Mining, Sucor Energy… Top PHN fund reopens
tii2411 (June 13, 2024)
A rock and a hard place… Infrastructure ETFs offer hidden value… Top Picks: iShares Global Infrastructure Index ETF, BMO Global Infrastructure Index ETF… Adam Mayers updates TC Energy… Gordon Pape updates Innergex
tii2410 (May 30, 2024)
US utility stocks surge… Gordon Pape’s Top Pick: Southern Company… Gordon Pape updates Emera Inc., Duke Energy… Copper-bottomed certainty… Gavin Graham’s Top Pick: BHP Billiton… Gavin Graham updates Intact Financial, Leon’s Furniture, Pason Systems
Recent Updates
AltaGas Ltd. (TSX: ALA, OTC: ATGFF)
AltaGas has expanded from an Alberta-based midstream pipeline operator to a well-diversified utility. Power, gas utilities, and pipelines each provide about one-third of its revenues. Its powerstations are almost entirely run by clean energy sources such as hydro, wind, and gas. The company operates in B.C., Alberta, Northwest Territories, and Nova Scotia as well as in Alaska and Michigan.
Buy
iShares S&P/TSX Canadian Dividend Aristocrats Index
This passively managed ETF replicates the S&P/TSX Canadian Dividend Aristocrats Index, which is composed of high-quality companies that at a minimum have increased their dividends in each of the least five years.
Buy
Boralex Inc. (TSX: BLX, OTC: BRLXF)
Boralex is an independent producer of onshore wind, hydro, thermal, and solar power. It develops, builds, and operates renewable energy power facilities in Canada, France, and the U.S.
Buy
BMO Aggregate Bond Index ETF (TSX: ZAG)
This ETF has been designed to track the performance of the FTSE Canada Universe Bond Index, net of expenses. It invests in Canadian investment-grade bonds with a maturity of more than a year and includes federal, provincial, and corporate bonds.
Buy
Suncor Energy (TSX, NYSE: SU)
Suncor is one of the leading Canadian integrated oil-and-gas companies, with production from the oil sands in Alberta. It also has extensive overseas operations it acquired when it bought Petro-Canada a decade ago, as well as refineries in the US and Canada and over 1,800 Petro-Canada gas stations in Canada.