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What are your thoughts on Canexus Income Fund? It shows a good yield and is well positioned in its industry.

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Canexus Income Fund, $6.46, symbol CUS.UN on Toronto (Units outstanding: 34.9 million; Market cap: $225.4 million), produces sodium-chlorate and chlor-alkali products, largely for the pulp-and-paper and water-treatment industries. The fund’s five plants — four in Canada and one in Brazil — aim to use nearby low-cost electricity and transportation facilities to cut production and delivery expenses. Canexus also provides “transloading” services (transfers of oil and gas by-products, such as butane, from railcars to trucks) to the oil and gas industry from its terminal at Bruderheim, Alberta. Canexus was formerly a division of Nexen Inc. (symbol NXY on Toronto). The fund began trading as a separate entity on August 18, 2005, at $10 per unit. In the three months ended December 31, 2009, Canexus’ revenue fell 11.2%, to $110.5 million from $124.5 million. However, cash flow per unit jumped to $0.33 from $0.14, largely because Canexus lowered its costs. The fund’s long-term debt of $78.5 million is a reasonable 35.8% of its…