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If you want to make the best energy stock investments, you need to read this advice

There’s a hidden lesson—the proverbial “grain of truth”—in many tidbits of investor wisdom. For example, consider the stereotypical investor saying that market sentiment sloshes back and forth between fear and greed, like water in the hull of a ship.


It’s a powerful image, but it provides little help for learning or self-analysis....

SNC-LAVALIN GROUP INC. $54 (Toronto symbol SNC; Cyclical-Growth Payer Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 150.4 million; Market cap: $8.1 billion; Dividend yield: 2.0%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.snclavalin.com) is a leading Canadian engineering and construction company that specializes in large-scale infrastructure projects such as roads, bridges and transit systems.


Starting with the March 2017 payment, investors now receive $0.273 a share, up 5.0% from $0.26....

Oil prices have moved down lately, as higher production in the U.S. offsets cuts by OPEC. We still feel investors should maintain some exposure to oil, but you can cut your risk with integrated producers such as Chevron.


CHEVRON CORP. $104 (New York symbol CVX; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Resources sector; Shares outstanding: 1.9 billion; Market cap: $197.6 billion; Price-tosales ratio: 1.8; Dividend yield: 4.2%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.chevron.com) is the second-largest integrated oil company in the U.S....

Cenovus Energy increased its production at the time of the Alberta wildfires and strategic cost-cutting should save it $500 million in 2016.

Here are five pointers you can use for better results when investing in energy stocks

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....

If investing long term is on your mind, then it’s important to know about these two key strategies

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)....

PASON SYSTEMS $19.58 (Toronto symbol PSI; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative) (403-301-3400; www.pason. com; Shares outstanding: 84.7 million; Market cap: $1.7 billion; Dividend yield: 3.5%) serves the drilling contractors for oil and gas firms in Canada, the U.S., Mexico and Argentina....