Trilogy set to convert

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TRILOGY ENERGY TRUST $8.32 (Toronto symbol TET.UN; SI Rating: Speculative) (403-290-2900; www.trilogyenergy.com; Units outstanding: 109.2 million; Market cap: $908.5 million; Dividend yield: 7.2%) will soon convert itself into a conventional corporation. The trust now pays a monthly distribution of $0.05 a unit. After the conversion, it plans to pay a dividend of $0.035 per month. That will give it a 5.0% yield. That’s still a high yield for a dividend-paying oil stock, but the company will have $1 billion in tax losses that it can use to delay paying taxes until 2016. That should let it maintain the high dividend. Trilogy Energy Trust is still a buy. buy…