Investment Q&A

Q: I have held Cardinal Energy for some time and with the dividend, have been about break even with the investment. I like dividends, but I value overall return more than I do yield alone and am wondering if I would be better served by selling CJ and purchasing Parex? In addition to CJ, I also own ENB, PKI, BTE, VET and TOG in this space. If not Parex, is there another energy play you would prefer in this scenerio? Your comments and rationale are most welcome. Thanks for the great service.
Scott

Q: Is the cardinal energy loss a result of hedging and how do you see prospects with the current price of oil. ? Seems like they should be better

Q: Between autocanada and cardinal energy, which would you sell for a loss?
Thank you.

Q: hi
Purely on a stock by stock basis, based on the short term possible performance of the stock, if you had to sell some of these stocks, which would (first 5) you sell and in what order? ( I like all of them but I want to reduce my leverage ) Do not consider them as a portfolio as I have other stocks in registered accounts. Reducing across all of them would not be efficient for the size of my account.
thank you
Francois

Q: your opinion please on these stocks as potential buys at this time.

Q: What do you think of this company for income and growth.

Q: Could i have your thoughts on cardinal and bonterra energy. Do you think this oil bull is for real.

Q: I currently have a 12% weighting in Energy. 60% of which is split between ENB and PKI as my core holdings and the remaining 40% split between VET, WCP, TOG, RRX and CJ. I am comfortable with the ENB and PKI but I am wondering if I should make any changes to the other 5 holdings. Drop one or two of the weakest and concentrate on the remaining 3 or 4 stronger names? Trim all 5 and add another name? I am hoping the oil rally continues and I want to be in the best position to take advantage of it.
Many Thanks
Scott

Q: Assuming oil prices stay between 70 to 75, which of the following would you recommend first, please arrange in the order of preference for the following criteria :

good management
leverage to the higher sustainable oil price
great assets and net backs
reasonable balance sheet
good Western Canadian price for their oil.

the list which you can add to.

sgy,vet,wcp,cpg,ath,tog,bte,cj,rrx,

thanks
yossi

Q: I have a large position in Cardinal at higher costs and am trying to decide whether to reduce or stay the course. Could I have your thoughts on their quarter? Do you have any thoughts on future trends?

As always, Thank You

Q: I seek your thoughts on the following: my portfolio is constructed to a max weighting of 4% per holding. As I am retired I now have a minimum 3% div payout requirement. I am a 30 plus year investor in the markets and not shy on a slightly higher volatility and risk. I have been out of oil and gas totally over the past few years. I am looking at entering a small to mid cap producer. Cardinal certainly meats the div need but I am concerned about its viability to maintain it. Whitecap is around 3.5% yld and I have held it in the past. It is much larger, but which one do you think has the most capital growth from here, and is the most sound investment or would you go into both? thank you

Q: Could you please rank these stocks for growth assuming the sector ever improves.
Could you also do another list of just the dividend payers ranking income strength (safe and/or growing divi)

Thanks.

Q: Could you comment on results and the dividend ?

Q: I currently hold a decent position in CJ as part of my Canadian energy exposure.

Last week they announced the CFO is retiring, and for a few days following the announcement I noticed there's been considerable internal selling. This has me a little bit worried.

What are your thoughts?

Q: Would you recommend a switch into Cardinal Energy from Torc. Thank you Jack.

Q: I'm thinking of taking my approx. 30% loss on VET and replacing it with something similar that has similar prospects. I own Whitecap as well. Would Cardinal energy fit the bill or would you recommend something else or even just buying VET back in 30 days. Thanks for your advice.

Q: What are your thoughts on tax loss selling either or both of these names. Is there a danger of being cought out of the stock?

Q: I see the President, Shane Peet, abruptly left the company Nov.9th.. He had been with the company since inception.
Sounds a bit disturbing. Do you know why? Should we read anything into this considering quarterly results? Thanks
Derek

Q: What do you think of their latest quarter.

Q: You answered a question the other day about Cardinal Energy suggesting they were highly leveraged at 4x cash flow. Their presentation at $50 WTI and a .80c Cdn dollar, suggests they are just above 2x cash flow not 4X , that their POR is 40% regarding the dividend. Since 2014 and thru much lower oil prices they have kept that ratio between 31 to 49%, given the higher oil prices now it seems to be sustainable. WTI now exceeds their guidance as well as the CDN dollar at .77c they should be in fine shape on both counts. The company is looking at increasing amounts of free cash flow in 2018 given where WTI is today and the exchange rate, not to mention the WCS differential which is in their favour as well. Cardinal has one of the lowest decline rates in the industry so can spend less on maintaining or growing production as well. Those numbers you used look more like Bonterras- BNE then Cardinals. I don't understand where you are getting your numbers, please help me understand?