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
tii2213 (July 14, 2022)
High rates may not be “transitory”… This month’s Top Pick: Exchange Income Corp…. Gordon Pape updates NorthWest Healthcare Properties REIT, Dream Industrial REIT
tii2212 (June 30, 2022)
Energy sector pays off… The REIT stuff… Graham’s retail REIT updates: Choice Properties, CT, SmartCentres, Plaza Retail… Graham’s commercial/residential REIT updates: Allied Properties, Minto Apartment, Artis… Gordon Pape updates ConocoPhillips… Members’ Corner: Likes VRIF
tii2211 (June 16, 2022)
Pipelines prosper… This month’s Top Pick: CI Health Care Giants Covered Call ETF… Your Questions: Seeks a retirement fund; Wants an investment course
tii2210 (May 26, 2022)
Defensive positions… The correction blues… Richard Croft’s updates: CIBC, Manulife… Gordon Pape’s updates: Algonquin Power & Utilities, Summit Industrial Income REIT, Canoe EIT Income Fund, Valero Energy, Procter & Gamble… Your Questions: LIF dividend
tii2209 (May 12, 2022)
Balancing act… Bond dilemma… Gordon Pape updates North West Company, Coca-Cola… Your Questions: Slate Grocery REIT
tii2208 (April 28, 2022)
Storm clouds… A cheap play on global growth… Top Pick: CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd… Gavin Graham’s updates: Bank of Nova Scotia, CN Rail, Pason Systems, The Keg Royalty Income Fund… Gordon Pape’s updates: BMO Low Volatility Canadian Equity ETF… Your Questions: Brookfield partnerships, Short-term bond funds
tii2207 (April 14, 2022)
Green energy comeback… This month’s Top Pick: Slate Grocery REIT… Gordon Pape updates Brookfield Asset Management… Gavin Graham updates Sun Life Financial… Your Questions: Saving for condo
Recent Updates
Corby Spirits and Wines (TSX: CSW.A)
Corby is the producer of the best-selling Canadian whisky J P Wiser’s as well as Lamb’s Navy Rum, Polar Ice vodka, and Ungava gin. Its purchase of 90% of Ace Beverage Group for $148.5 million in July 2023 gave it a strong position in the rapidly growing ready-to-drink (RTD) segment of hard sodas and premixed cocktails. Pernod Ricard, the international drinks group, which owns a majority stake in Corby, distributes its brands such as Absolut vodka, Ballantine and Chivas Regal whisky, Beefeater gin, and Malibu rum through Corby.
Buy
Canadian Tire Corp. (TSX: CTC.A, OTC: CDNAF)
In addition to its 503 dealer-operated Canadian Tire stores, CTC also owns and directly operates Mark’s, with 383 stores, and 354 sports stores (SportChek, Sports Expert, Atmosphere, Athlete’s World, and others). As well, it has 279 gasoline bar locations, plus PartSource, Party City, and Pro Hockey Life, which total 169 stores.
Canadian Tire, through its bank subsidiary is also a large MasterCard issuer with 2.3 million active credit card holders with average account balances of $3,224 each. That’s $7.4 billion in credit card receivables.
Buy
Lundin Mining Corp. (TSX: LUN, OTC: LUNMF)
Lundin Mining is a Canadian/Swedish base-metals mining company. In the year ended Dec. 31, 2024, Lundin produced 369,000 tonnes of copper, 192,000 tonnes of zinc, and 158,000 oz. of gold, as well as 8,000 tonnes of nickel from the Eagle mine in Michigan. This generated revenues of $4.11 billion. Of that, $695 million was from its European zinc mining operations at Zinkgruvan in Sweden and Neves Corvo in Portugal. These were sold to Swedish mining group Boliden.
Buy
Russel Metals Inc. (TSX: RUS, OTC: RUSMF)
Given the onerous 50% tariffs Donald Trump has placed on US steel and aluminum imports, you’d think that this is a terrible time to be in the metals business in Canada.
But not everyone in the industry seems to be suffering. Russel Metals Inc. (TSX: RUS), which we recommended in November 2021 at $35.72, seems to be doing just fine, thanks.
Buy
BMO Financial Group (TSX, NYSE: BMO)
Established in 1817, BMO Financial Group has more than 47,000 employees and provides a broad range of retail banking, wealth management, and investment banking products and services to more than 12 million customers. It conducts business through three operating groups: Personal and Commercial Banking, Wealth Management, and BMO Capital Markets. The company also has a strong presence in the US Midwest through BMO Harris Bank and BMO Private Bank.