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"Canadian Oil Sands Trust (COSWF) has clearly lagged broad-based and energy-sector benchmarks alike over the trailing 12 months," says David Dittman.

The contributing editor to Canadian Edge explains, "A series of unplanned turnarounds at the Syncrude operation, of which Canadian Oil Sands owns 36.7 percent, have analysts questioning whether rising costs will ever allow Canadian Oil Sands to really benefit from elevated oil prices.

"RioCan REIT (RIOCF), the owner of high-quality shopping malls across Canada that's used the last two years to dramatically boost its portfolio growth potential," says Canadian trust expert Roger Conrad.

The editor of Canadian Edge explains, "Its 6 percent yield has consistently grown since I first added it to the Portfolio as an original member back in July 2004. And growth is accelerating again as recent investments pay off.

"Even the most conservative investors will find much to like in RioCan's reliability, unrecognized growth potential and 6 percent yield.

"Canada's tar sands are in fact the largest proven oil reserves outside of Saudi Arabia. Tar sands are already 65 percent of overall Alberta oil output and are expected to hit 88 percent by the end of the decade," says Roger Conrad.

The editor of the specialty newsletter, Canadian Edge, reviews a trio of oil sands producers -- Penn West Energy Trust (PWE), Suncor (SU) and Cenovus Energy (CVE) -- that he states "truly worth investing in."

The advisor continues, "Starting with the most conservative, Penn West Energy has inked a joint venture with giant sovereign wealth fund China Investment Corp (CIC) to deploy the latter's capital to develop its oil sands properties.

This post is part of a special report, Top Picks for 2010, the 27th annual survey in which TheStockAdvisors.com asks the nation's leading advisors for their single favorite stock for the new year. See all 80 stocks listed here.

Vita Nelson is well-known as a leading expert on dividend reinvestment plans. With the caveat that she always recommends portfolio diversification, the editor of The MoneyPaper looks to utility stock FPL (FPL) as a top selection for 2010.

Nelson explains, "We make a point of recommending that people don't pin their hopes on just one stock (which might underachieve in the short run).

This post is part of a special report, Top Picks for 2010, the 27th annual survey in which TheStockAdvisors.com asks the nation's leading advisors for their single favorite stock for the new year. See all 80 stocks listed here.

Roger Conrad, editor of The Canadian Edge, is a leading specialist in the niche investment area of high-income Canada-based trusts; for his top pick for 2010, he turns to ChemTrade Logistics (CGIFF), which trades both on the Toronto exchange and in the U.S. over-the-counter market.

Conrad explains, "ChemTrade Logistics is a major producer of specialty chemicals, particularly sulphuric acid. It's also a Canadian income trust yielding over 12% with most of its operations overseas. That adds up to a unique triple play for investors in 2010.

This post is part of a special annual report -- Top Stock Picks '09 -- in which TheStockAdvisors.com asked 75 leading newsletter advisors to select their favorite investment for the new year.

"Like the U.S., Canada is looking to big infrastructure plans," says Roger Conrad. In The Canadian Edge, he looks to Bird Construction Income Fund (OTC: BIRDF) as his top pick for 2009.

The Canadian income stock specialist explains, "The U.S. isn't the only country about to pour billions into infrastructure; Canada is also making a big move. And Bird Construction will be a prime beneficiary of this infrastructure spending.

"Bird has been a dominant player in building design and construction services for more than 85 years. Today, the company literally has its hands in every province, supporting projects for everything from oil sands mining to school construction.

"Third quarter 2008 revenue surged 31.5%, pushing nine-month growth to 48.3% as earnings per share more than doubled from 2007 levels.

"Meanwhile, order backlog -- the best predictor of future growth -- rose to better than $1.2 billion (Canadian), up from $821 million a year ago and $969 million at the beginning of 2008.

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"My favorite aggressive speculation for 2008 is Enerplus Resources (NYSE: ERF)," says Roger Conrad, editor of Canadian Edge.

"Over the past 18 months, Canadian oil and gas producer trust has endured a trial by fire. First natural gas prices started tumbling.

"Then the Conservative party government announced it would begin taxing trusts as corporations starting in 2011, and restricted the number of shares trust can issue. Finally, this fall investors have bailed out of everything remotely economically sensitive.

"Through it all, however, the Enerplus has remained rock-solid as a business. For starters, the yield of nearly 13% -- paid monthly -- is backed by a modest 70% payout ratio. And that ratio was achieved by selling oil in the third quarter at less than $70 a barrel.