Richard Croft Barclays Adv S&P/TSX BAI.UN-T COMMENT May 18, 2006

A good way to hold income trusts without having to look at individual trusts.

Basically, this is a tax efficient way to collect cash flow from a basket of income trusts. Buying individual income trusts is difficult because of individual company events that he can't predict. The cash flow coming off is a return of principle so you won't be hit with a capital gains tax until 2011.

An E.T.F. that invests in a basket of income trusts. In a slowing economy and a declining interest rate environment, quality income trusts are going to perform well.

(A Top Pick Aug 30/06. Down 18.2%.) This is a basket of income trusts. Favourable tax treatment with distributions treated as capital gains.