Manulife, BCE, Enbridge are all offering corporates in the 6-8% range for relatively short term holding periods! In this market some of your portfolio should be positioned in the take what you can get segment. Also RBC, TD, BMO and National Bank have all issued fairly attractive preferred shares in the last month or two. I would still favor the corporate bonds though. You can get Government, Corporates or Municipal bonds through E-trade, Questrade or bank owned discount brokerages.
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