Take advantage of rising crude prices

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Oil stocks continue to rebound from their 2020 lows as the re-opening of the global economy pushes oil and gas prices to multi-year highs. We feel those prices will remain elevated, as producers focus on improving their efficiency instead of spending more on exploration given new caps on greenhouse emissions. That strategy is also freeing up more cash for dividends and share buybacks. SUNCOR ENERGY INC. $32 is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol SU; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Resources sector; Shares outstanding: 1.5 billion; Market cap: $48.0 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.4; Dividend yield: 5.3%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.suncor.com) is Canada’s largest integrated oil firm, with major projects in the Alberta oil sands. It also operates four refineries (three in Canada and one in Colorado), along with 1,875 Petro-Canada gas stations. Oil demand and prices continue to improve as more regions lift their COVID-19 restrictions. As a result, Suncor’s average daily oil production in the third quarter of 2021, rose 13.4%, to 698,600 barrels a day…