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Hello Patrick: Could you please give your opinion on Enbridge Income Fund Holdings as an investment? Thank you.

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Enbridge Income Fund Holdings Inc., $30.32, symbol ENF on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 56.5 million; Market cap: $2.0 billion; www.enbridgeincomefund.com), is a holding company that owns 85.6% of Enbridge Income Fund. Enbridge Inc. (symbol ENB on Toronto and a recommendation of The Successful Investor), holds the remaining 14.4%. If you include preferred shares and its 19.9% direct stake in Enbridge Income Fund Holdings, Enbridge Inc. has a 67.3% economic interest in the fund. Enbridge first sold units of Enbridge Income Fund Holdings to the public in 2003. In December 2010, the fund converted to a regular corporation. Enbridge Income Fund has three main businesses: Green Power (44% of cash flow) is Canada’s largest producer of solar energy and second-biggest wind power producer. It operates six wind farms, three solar projects and four waste-heat recovery facilities. In all, these assets generate 579 megawatts. Some of them are joint ventures with other firms, so Enbridge Income Fund’s share is 524 megawatts. The company sells these projects’ power…