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
tii2305 (March 16, 2023)
Green energy woes continue… Gordon Pape updates Brookfield Renewables… Gavin Graham updates Fairfax Financial, Ecora Resources
tii2304 (February 23, 2023)
Setback for RRIF portfolio… Shifting to value… Top Pick: Saputo Inc… Gavin Graham updates Boralex, Leon’s Furniture, Fiera Capital… Gordon Pape updates Suncor Energy, Coca-Cola, Duke Energy… Your Questions: A death in the family
tii2303 (February 9, 2023)
RRSP crunch… Three stocks for your retirement plan… Gordon Pape updates P&G… Your Questions: RRIF withdrawals… Housekeeping
tii2302 (January 27, 2023)
A topsy-turvy GIC market… Bonds rebound – but for how long?… What are we missing?… Richard Croft updates Power Corp., Manulife Financial… Gordon Pape updates Algonquin Power & Utilities… Gavin Graham updates Canadian Western Bank, Calian Group, Intact Financial, Brookfield Corporation… Your Questions: RRIF withdrawals
tii2301 (January 12, 2023)
RRIF trouble ahead… Gordon Pape updates Gibson Energy, Russel Metals, TransAlta Utilities, BCE… Your Questions: Worried about Firm Capital; Wants to invest a million in one stock… Members’ Corner: Dividends and yield
tii2224 (December 23, 2022)
Top dividend stocks of 2022… Canada looks attractive in 2023… Top Pick: Peyto Exploration & Development Corp… Gavin Graham updates Johnson & Johnson, iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF, Richards Packaging, Watts Water Technology Gordon Pape’s ETF updates… Your Questions: Inflation-linked bonds… Reminder: Beat the price increase
tii2223 (December 8, 2022)
Yield illusion… Updates: Sun Life Financial, Enbridge, TC Energy, Exchange Income Corp… Your Questions: Purpose Longevity Fund, RBC preferred… Price increase
Recent Updates
iShares Global Infrastructure Index ETF (TSX: CIF)
This ETF has been a top performer since its launch in 2008. It offers global exposure to companies in the transportation, water, and electricity services sectors. Most of its holdings are in Canada and the US.
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.
Buy
Metro Inc. (TSX: MRU)
Metro Inc. is a large grocery and pharmacy chain operating primarily in Quebec, where 71% of its grocery stores are located. The remaining 29% are in Ontario. Similarly, 83% of its pharmacies are in Quebec, 12% in Ontario, and 4% in New Brunswick.
Buy
AT&T (NYSE: T)
AT&T serves more than 110 million wireless subscribers. The company is now a pure telecommunications operation, having disposed of its Warner Media division a few years ago and its stake in DIRECTV earlier this month.
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.