ARC sets a conversion date

ARC ENERGY TRUST $25.59 (Toronto symbol AET.UN; Units outstanding: 275.9 million; Market cap: $7.0 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative; Dividend yield: 4.7%; www.arcresources.com) will convert to a dividend-paying corporation on January 17, 2011. It will then trade as ARC Resources Ltd. under the symbol “ARX”.

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Gains continue for ARC

ARC ENERGY TRUST $23.09 (Toronto symbol AET.UN; Units outstanding: 275.9 million; Market cap: $6.4 billion; SI Rating: Speculative; Dividend yield: 5.2%; www.arcresources.com) reports 22.7% higher revenue in the three months ended September 30, 2010, to $293.6 million from $239.2 million a year earlier. ARC’s cash… Read More

Strong quarter for ARC

ARC ENERGY TRUST $20.54 (Toronto symbol AET.UN; Units outstanding: 275.0 million; Market cap: $5.6 billion; SI Rating: Speculative; Dividend yield: 5.8%) reports 17.6% higher revenue in the three months ended June 30, 2010, to $276.7 million from $235.2 million a year earlier. Cash flow per… Read More

Pengrowth and ARC target steady payouts

ARC ENERGY TRUST $19.86 (Toronto symbol AET.UN; Units outstanding: 250.9 million; Market cap: $5.0 billion; SI Rating: Speculative; Dividend yield: 6.0%) produces oil and natural gas in western Canada. Its average daily production of 67,207 barrels of oil equivalent (including gas) is weighted 46% to… Read More

ARC plans to convert

ARC ENERGY TRUST $22.27 (Toronto symbol AET.UN; Units outstanding: 249.9 million; Market cap: $5.6 billion; SI Rating: Speculative; Dividend yield: 5.4%) has confirmed that it plans to convert to a dividend-paying corporation on January 1, 2011. ARC will mail its conversion plans to its unitholders,… Read More

Two oil and gas trusts with 2011 pluses

ARC ENERGY TRUST $19.84 (Toronto symbol AET.UN; Units outstanding: 235.9 million; Market cap: $4.7 billion; SI Rating: Speculative) produces oil and gas in western Canada. Its average daily production of 62,824 barrels of oil equivalent (this measurement includes natural gas) is weighted 49% to oil… Read More

Thanks for your not-quite-perfect advice over the years. What am I missing with the Brompton VIP Fund? It looks like a closed-end fund trading at less than net asset value and a 16% return. Thanks.

Brompton VIP Income Fund, $6.28, symbol VIP.UN on Toronto (Units outstanding: 47.2 million; Market cap: $296.4 million), holds a portfolio of mostly income trusts, along with some common stocks and bonds.

The fund focuses on business trusts, with smaller weightings in real estate investment trusts… Read More