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Q: I am interested in a rising stream of income. Is BP on the NYSE a 'blood in the streets' buy? Also, since it is an ADR am I correct in believing there is no U.S. withholding tax on the dividend?

Paul
Read Answer Asked by PAUL on December 10, 2014
Q: I am considering making having a full position in Canadian energy where my time frame is very very long and I do not want to spend much research time along the way. I just want divviesv without hassle. Is HEE okay for this or is it better to hold a small basket of Canadian companies. If so which ones?
Read Answer Asked by Glen on December 10, 2014
Q: Which stock would you recommend Huskey or Suncor. Huskeys dividend is better would you consider both companies equally secure.
Read Answer Asked by Scott on December 10, 2014
Q: There has been increased trading volume and stock price over the last week. I cannot find any news to explain this, am I missing something? A compensation repayment for cancelled lease by the Alberta government is pending and has been for quite some time. I have been holding on to the stock for a few years. Would you continue to hold or sell?
Read Answer Asked by Alvin on December 10, 2014
Q: Your opinion on how much lower oil will go if the Saudis keep flooding the market and how long? Will all equities go lower if oil goes lower? When buying bonds in one's portfolio do you recommend ETFs or the bonds themselves and hold to maturity?
Tks
Read Answer Asked by George on December 09, 2014
Q: Hello 5i team,
I have some losses in surge energy ( as many do, i imagine) and was thinking of using it for tax loss selling. I was wondering what company you think might be roughly equivelent that i might replace it with?
Thanks claire
Read Answer Asked by joseph on December 09, 2014
Q: Would you be inclined to buy any or all of these three at these levels? If not could you recommend 3 or 4 quality stocks that are seriously oversold in your opinion Thanx Robbie
Read Answer Asked by Robert on December 09, 2014
Q: Could you please give me your opinion on Elkwater, the strength of its balance sheet and its ability to grow production profitably with low energy prices. Do you have knowledge of where their properties are located and what price of oil would be necessary to keep the production going.
My current sector allocation is 9%. Do you think it is a good one to take a flyer on? The share price has gone down quite a bit and don't they have cash more than the company's current valuation? I would very much appreciate your thoughts.
Read Answer Asked by Rajiv on December 09, 2014
Q: Hi 5i,
yes another energy question and this time on MEG who very recently revised their outlook for the remainder of 2014 & all of 2015. TD research seems very
happy about the new outlook and has a 12 month target of $35. can you look at the revisions and express an opinion for those of us that currently own MEG. thanx NORM
Read Answer Asked by NORM on December 09, 2014
Q: Would elw be a good buy right now,they have quite a bit of cash and is supposedly managed by some very competent people.With the fall in oil prices there could be some good bargins for them to invest in.
Read Answer Asked by terry on December 09, 2014
Q: What are your thoughts on this company today.?
Read Answer Asked by Danny-boy on December 09, 2014
Q: can you tell me what % of production is hedged & at what price for 4th quarter of 2014 & full year 2015 thanks
Read Answer Asked by neil on December 09, 2014
Q: Holy crow, MCR is going lower than I ever thought it would... so far,$1.65 today with no bottom in sight. I certainly feel foolish purchasing it at $6.30 last year. Have I missed some news? Is it time to get whatever nickels I can get from it now?
Read Answer Asked by Brenda on December 09, 2014
Q: Hello Peter. I need your help. I have relatively small positions in the following oil stocks (all of which are down): BDI, WCP, BNK, QST and MCR.

I can hold on for the longer term but I need to know if any of these companies are not likely to survive this downward cycle. Are the balance sheets strong enough? I suspect QST is fine given it has no debt. You mentioned in responses to other questions that BDI also has a relatively good balance sheet and I note that insiders have been buying at BDI (based on Canadian Insider search). If you were going to add to any of the above names, which would you choose?

As always, thank you very much!
Read Answer Asked by James on December 09, 2014
Q: Was the huge cut in the dividend done out of need to preserve cash or more from the point of view of sustaining the stock price? Should we expect large and fast dividend increases once the price of oil stabilizes and presumably increases?

Thanks for being a voice of reason in these times!

Paul F.
Read Answer Asked by Paul on December 09, 2014