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
tii2123 (December 9, 2021)
An early Christmas present… This month’s Top Pick: Western Union… Your Questions: Firm Capital, Brookfield LPs… A holiday special… Beat the price increase
tii2122 (November 24, 2021)
REIT ETFs show mixed returns… Diversified REITs make a comeback… Top Pick: Artis REIT… Richard Croft’s Update: Power Corp. of Canada… Gordon Pape’s Updates: BMO Low Volatility Canadian Equity ETF, CI U.S. & Canada Lifeco Income ETF… Gavin Graham’s Updates: Diageo, Unilver, Stella-Jones, Pizza Pizza Royalty Corp., The Keg Royalties Income Fund
tii2121 (November 11, 2021)
Dividend ban lifted… This month’s Top Pick: Russel Metals… Gordon Pape’s updates: iShares Core Balanced ETF Portfolio, Horizons Enhanced Income Gold Producers ETF, CI First Asset Gold+ Giants Covered Call ETF, BCE
tii2120 (October 28, 2021)
Where to find dividend growth The purpose of income portfolios is income… Top Pick: Freehold Royalties Ltd… Richard Croft’s Update: Power Corp. of Canada… Gordon Pape’s Updates: Procter & Gamble Co., Fortis Inc… Gavin Graham’s Updates: Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd., Savaria Corp., Boralex Inc…. Ryan Irvine’s Fall Webinars: How to Position your Stock Portfolio for 2022 and Beyond
tii2119 (October 14, 2021)
Balanced Portfolio continues to gain… This month’s Top Pick: Gibson Energy… Your Questions: Canadian General Investments
tii2118 (September 30, 2021)
High Yield Portfolio posts gain… REITs for income and value… Top Pick: Automotive Properties REIT… Gordon Pape’s Updates: Harvest Healthcare Income Leaders ETF, Horizons Active Cdn Dividend ETF, BMO Covered Call Dow Jones Industrial Average Hedged to CAD ETF, Brompton Flaherty & Crumrine Investment Grade Preferred ETF… Gavin Graham’s Updates: Suncor Energy
tii2117 (September 16, 2021)
Not all bond ETFs are losers… Gavin Graham updates Johnson & Johnson, Intact Financial, Cineplex… Correction: Slate REIT
Recent Updates
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
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
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.
Buy
LyondellBasell Industries NV Class A (NYSE: LYB)
LyondellBasell produces polypropylene, which is used to make plastic car parts, packaging, and consumer products. It also produces ethylene and polyethylene. These are used in a wide variety of things from PVC pipes and plastic siding to medical devices and prosthetics.