Top Income Stocks (March 2009)

Here are the TOP 10 dividend-paying, safe income stocks for this month. Just click on the respective links for graphs and detailed current information about each stock.

1. Eni S.p.A. (E) is an integrated energy company. The company’s activities include finding, producing, transporting, transforming and marketing oil and gas. During the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company’s oil and natural gas production averaged 1.736 million barrels of equivalent per day (mmboe/d). During 2007, estimated net proved reserves amounted to 6.37 billion barrels of equivalent (bboe). The Company operates through three divisions: Exploration & Production Division, Gas & Power Division and Refining & Marketing Division. In November 2008, Eni announced that it has completed the acquisition of First Calgary Petroleums Ltd.

2. The Buckle, Inc. (BKE) is a retailer of medium to better-priced casual apparel, footwear and accessories for fashion conscious young men and women. As of February 2, 2008, the Company operated 368 retail stores in 38 states throughout the continental United States, excluding the northeast, under the names Buckle and The Buckle. The Company markets a selection of mostly brand name casual apparel, including denims, other casual bottoms, tops, sportswear, outerwear, accessories and footwear. The Company provides customer services, such as free hemming, free gift-wrapping, easy layaways, the Buckle private label credit card and a frequent shopper program. Most stores are located in regional shopping malls and lifestyle centers. The Company had 368 stores at February 2, 2008.

3. Chevron Corporation (CVX) manages its investments in subsidiaries and affiliates, and provides administrative, financial, management and technology support to the United States and International subsidiaries that engage in fully integrated petroleum operations, chemicals operations, mining operations of coal and other minerals, power generation and energy services. Exploration and production (upstream) operations consist of exploring for, developing and producing crude oil and natural gas, and also marketing natural gas. Refining, marketing and transportation (downstream) operations relate to refining crude oil into finished petroleum products; arketing crude oil and the many products derived from petroleum, and transporting crude oil, natural gas and petroleum products by pipeline, marine vessel, motor equipment and rail car. Chemical operations include the manufacture and marketing of commodity petrochemicals, plastics for industrial uses, and fuel and lubricant oil additives.

4. Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. (OSG) is a bulk shipping company engaged primarily in the ocean transportation of crude oil and petroleum products. During the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company owned or operated a fleet of 112 vessels (aggregating 12.2 million deadweight tons), of which 93 vessels operated in the international market and 19 operated in the United States Flag market. OSG's newbuilding program of owned and chartered-in vessels totaled 44, and extends across each of its operating segments, bringing the Company's total operating and newbuild fleet to 156 vessels. OSG's vessel operations are organizedinto strategic business units and focused on market segments each serve: crude oil (International Flag Crude Tankers), refined petroleum products (International Product Carriers), United States Flag vessels (United States Flag) and gas (Gas). On April 20, 2007, the Company completed the acquisition of the Heidmar lightering business.

5. Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL (ELP) is a Brazil-based company involved in the energy sector. The Company’s subsidiaries include COPEL Geracao e Transmissao, COPEL Distribuicao, COPEL Telecomunicacoes and COPEL Participacoes. It has 17 hydroelectric and one thermoelectric power plants. Through its subsidiaries, Copel is principally engaged in the distribution, generation, transmission and commercialization of electric energy for residential, industrial, commercial and rural consumption, among others. The Company also provides telecommunications and consulting services. Copel operates in the Brazilian state of Parana, as well as in Argentina, Chile, China, Colombia, Malaysia and Paraguay, among others.

6. Quality Systems, Inc. (QSII) develops and markets healthcare information systems that automate certain aspects of medical and dental practices, networks of practices, such as physician hospital organizations (PHOs) and management service organizations (MSOs), ambulatory care centers, community health centers, and medical and dental schools. The Company is consisted of the QSI Division and a wholly owned subsidiary, NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, Inc. (NextGen Division). The QSI Division focuses on developing, marketing and supporting software suites sold to dental and certain niche medical practices. In addition, it supports a number of medical clients that utilize the QSI Division's UNIX-based medical practice management software product. The NextGen Division focuses on developing and marketing products and services for medical practices.

7. Lan Airlines SA (LFL) is a Chilean passenger airline and cargo operator. It comprises the services of Lan Airlines, Lan Express, Lan Peru, Lan Ecuador, Lan Argentina and Lan Cargo. It offers 15 destinations in Chile, 12 destinations in Peru, 10 destinations in Argentina, two destinations in Ecuador, three destinations in the United States, two destinations in Europe, four destinations in the South Pacific and 52 additional international destinations through its various code-share agreements. As of December 31, 2008, the Company operated 61 aircrafts. Its subsidiaries include Lan Cargo SA, nmobiliaria Aereonautica SA, Inversiones Lan SA, Comercial Masterhouse SA, Lan Cargo versiones, Lan Pax Group SA and Lan Chile Investment Ltd. It holds interests in Austral Sociedad Concesionaria SA, Lufthansa Lan Technical Training SA, Concesionaria Chucumata SA, Lan Peru SA and Atlantic Aviation Investment Ltd. On May 6, 2008, the Company sold Lan Card SA and Sistemas de Distribucion Amadeus Chile SA.

8. Sasol Level II ADR Limited (SSL) Sasol Limited (Sasol) is an integrated energy and chemical company. The Company uses Fischer-Tropsch technology to convert coal and natural gas into synthetic fuels and chemicals. The Company mines coal in South Africa, produces gas in Mozambique and oil in Gabon, and its chemical manufacturing and marketing operations span the globe. In South Africa, Sasol refines imported crude oil and retail liquid fuel products through its network of retail convenience centers. The Company also supplies fuels to other distributors in the region and gas to industrial customers. It maintains chemical manufacturing and marketing operations, mostly in South Africa, Europe and the United States, the Middle East and Asia. In South Africa, the Company refines imported crude oil and retail liquid fuels through a network of 406 Sasol retail convenience centers and Exel service stations. Sasol operates through three segments: South African energy cluster, nternational energy cluster and chemical cluster.

9. BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust (BPT) is a grantor trust. The Trust was formed for the sole purpose of owning and administering an overriding royalty interest (the Royalty Interest) conveyed by TheStandard Oil Company (Standard Oil). The Royalty Interest is a non-operational interest in minerals. The Royalty Interest entitles the Trust to a royalty on 16.4246% of the lesser of the first 90,000 barrels of the average actual daily net production of crude oil and condensate per quarter from the working interest of BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. (BP Alaska), as of February 28, 1989, in the Prudhoe Bay oil field located on the North Slope in Alaska, or the average actual daily net production of crude oil and condensate per quarter from that working interest. The Prudhoe Bay field is one of four contiguous North Slope oil fields that are operated by BP Alaska and are known collectively as the Prudhoe Bay Unit. Standard Oil and BP Alaska are indirect 100%-owned subsidiaries of the BP p.l.c.

10. China Mobile Limited (CHL) is an investment holding company and a mobile services provider in China. Its principal activity is providing mobile telecommunications and related services in 31 provinces, autonomous regions and directly administered municipalities in Mainland China and Hong Kong. As of April 30, 2008, the total number of subscribers reached 399.5 million. The Company’s businesses can be primarily divided into voice business and value-added business.

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