encana

Toronto symbol ECA, and New York symbol ECA, is a leading North American producer of natural gas and oil.

ENCANA CORP. $11.63 (Toronto symbol ECA; Shares outstanding: 973.1 million; Market cap: $11.3 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Average; Dividend yield: 0.7%; www.encana.com) has four key properties: Montney (B.C.), Duvernay (Alberta), and Eagle Ford and Permian (both in Texas)....
Renewable energy stocks offer investors a lot of conceptual or emotional appeal—but you need to know all the risks.
Oil prices have moved up about 8% in the past two months to roughly $50 U.S. a barrel. The gain is largely due to OPEC’s production cuts. U.S. output of shale oil has also slowed as producers focus on their most-promising operations.

We continue to recommend all investors hang on to their high-quality oil producers such as the four we analyze below....
LOBLAW COMPANIES $68.39 (Toronto symbol L; Shares outstanding: 396.1 million; Market cap: $26.8 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 1.6%; www.loblaw.ca) has now completed the sale of its 213 gas stations to Brookfield Business Partners LP (Toronto symbol BBU.UN)....
ENCANA CORP. $11.13 (Toronto symbol ECA; Shares outstanding: 973.1 million; Market cap: $11.1 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Average; Dividend yield: 0.7%; www.encana.com) has four key properties: Montney (B.C.), Duvernay (Alberta), and Eagle Ford and Permian (both in Texas)....
BIRCHCLIFF ENERGY $5.87 (Toronto symbol BIR; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative) (403-261-6401; www. birchcliffenergy.com; Shares outstanding: 263.0 million; Market cap: $1.6 billion; Dividends yield: 1.7%) explores for, develops and produces oil and gas, mainly in the Peace River Arch area of both Alberta and B.C....
Below are four oil producers that cut risk with their low costs and high-quality reserves. Although crude prices have moved down lately, we continue to recommend all investors maintain some exposure to oil stocks such as these.


SUNCOR ENERGY INC. $44 (Toronto symbol SU; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Resources sector; s/o: 1.7 billion; Market cap: $74.8 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.5; Divd....
ENCANA CORP. $14.89 (Toronto symbol ECA; Shares outstanding: 973.1 million; Market cap: $14.1 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Average; Dividend yield: 0.6%; www. encana.com) focuses its oil and natural gas production on four key projects: Montney (B.C.), Duvernay (Alberta), and Eagle Ford and Permian (both in Texas)....
Dear client,


We recommend that most investors maintain some exposure to the Resources sector as part of a well-balanced portfolio.


To further cut your risk, you should focus on well-established producers with high-quality reserves such as Encana and Cenovus.


In response to the big drop in oil prices—from a high of $110 U.S....
Another way to profit from higher oil prices is to invest in companies that sell vital equipment and services to producers such as Encana and Cenovus (see pages 31 and 32).


Conservative investors should stick with Finning. If you can accept the higher risk, we also like Precision Drilling.


FINNING INTERNATIONAL INC....