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These investments are paid out monthly and are good for those who need more income now, versus 20 years from now. 

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1. Put 35% in energy trusts.

Energy is still the leading category to hunt for high current income. The typical royalty trust or master limited partnership is priced to yield about 10%. Cross Timbers Royalty Trust (CRT), Enerplus, Penn West Energy Trust (PWE) and Provident Energy Trust (PVX). All are fairly diversified. Avoid

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Amtrust Financial Services Inc (AFSI) AP Pharma Inc (APPA) Becton Dickinson and Co (BDX) Calavo Growers Inc (CVGW) Cytori Therapeutics Inc (CYTX) Dassault Systemes SA (DASTY) Decode Genetics Inc (DCGN) Dillard's Inc (DDS) Endologix Inc (ELGX) Haemonetics Corp (HAE) Ivanhoe Mines Ltd (IVN) Linktone Ltd (LTON) Navisite Inc (NAVI) Nile Therapeutics Inc (NLTX) Novavax Inc (NVAX) NSTAR (NST) Orchids Paper Products Co (TIS) Papa John's Int'l Inc (PZZA) Provident Energy Trust (PVX) Stericycle Inc (SRCL) TAM SA (TAM) Tucows Inc (TCX) Winner Medical Group Inc (WMDG) View the entire Zacks #1 Rank List.

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Here are the stocks added to the Zacks #1 Rank ("strong buy") List today:

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View the entire Zacks #1 Rank List.

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With the price of oil dropping below $40 a barrel for several days, the prices of the Canadian oil royalty trusts have dropped substantially. These Canadian Income Trusts, also known as Canadian Oil Income Trusts or Canadian Royalty Trusts pay a very high income. These trusts pass through all their earnings from oil and gas wells to the trust holders, similar to real estate investment trusts. There is no taxation at the corporate level since they are structured as trusts. Also, a portion of the dividends may be non-taxable due to depletion and depreciation deductions.br /You should be aware that the Canadian government came out with a plan to tax all Canadian trusts at the corporate level beginning in the year 2011. However, the average yield from Canadian trusts is still higher than the U.S. royalty trusts. WallStreetNewsNetwork.com recently came out with an updated database list of a href="http://WallStreetNewsNetwork.com"Canadian ...