Topic: How To Invest

I have some units of Harvest Energy Income Trust. It is not doing too well but the distributions are good, about 20%. Should I keep it or dump it?

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Harvest Energy Trust, $5.01, symbol HTE.UN on Toronto (Units outstanding: 158.2 million; Market cap: $792.5 million), is an energy trust with upstream (or exploration and production) and downstream (or refining) segments. Harvest’s production properties are located in Alberta and Saskatchewan, and its refining business consists of an oil refinery with a capacity of 115,000 barrels per day located at Come by Chance, Newfoundland. Harvest Energy Trust first sold units to the public at $8, and began trading on Toronto in November 2002. Calgary-based Harvest continues to grow by acquisition. The trust focuses on buying mature producing properties; its recent acquisitions include Reveal Resources (March 2007), Grand Petroleum (August 2007) and Greenfield Resources (August 2008). In July 2008, Harvest bought a private oil and gas company, and, in September 2008, it added the assets of another private company. In the three months ended September 30, 2008, Harvest’s cash flow per unit rose 45.7%, to $1.34 from $0.92 a year earlier. The gain was…