The following video is from Thursday's Digging for Value in which host Alison Southwick and Motley Fool energy analysts Joel South and Taylor Muckerman dive deep into top stories for today's energy sector investors.

Fed chief Ben Bernanke recently made the surprise announcement that the Fed will be holding off for now on tapering back its bond-buying program, which means interest rates will remain low for the short term. In this segment, Joel tells investors how this is affecting some of the high-yielding securities in this space, and who some of his top picks are to capitalize on this development.

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