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Pat: Thanks for your ongoing advice. What do you think of Exchange Income Corp.? Thanks you.

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Exchange Income Corp., $29.88, symbol EIF on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 27.6 million; Market cap: $820.1 million; www.exchangeincomecorp.ca), operates in two main areas: aviation and manufacturing. The aviation business (76% of its 2015 revenue) serves communities in Manitoba, Ontario and Nunavut through regional airlines. They include Perimeter Aviation, Keewatin Air, Calm Air International, Bearskin Lake Air Service, Custom Helicopters and Regional One. The manufacturing business (24% of revenue) includes WesTower Communications Canada (a maker and installer of wireless communication towers), Jasper Tank, Overlanders Manufacturing, Water Blast Manufacturing and Stainless Fabrication. Exchange Income prefers to expand by making acquisitions. That’s mainly why its revenue soared 101.9%, from $510.3 million in 2011 to $1.0 billion in 2013. The company sold the U.S. operations of its WesTower subsidiary for $200 million U.S. in 2014. As a result, its revenue that year fell to $542.5 million. Revenue again jumped, to $807.4 million, in 2015 thanks to more acquisitions. The biggest was the $244.1 million purchase of Provincial Aerospace…