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Pat: Thank you so much for all the help in the past and the confidence you have given me to manage my own portfolio. What is your current opinion on Journey Energy?

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Journey Energy, $5.75, symbol JOY on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 33.0 million; Market cap: $189.8 million; www.journeyenergy.ca), is an oil and gas producer that’s focused on southern Alberta. Its production is 55% oil and 45% natural gas. The company first sold shares to the public at $12 each and began trading on Toronto on June 19, 2014. In the three months ended September 30, 2014, Journey’s production jumped 103.5%, to 11,002 barrels of oil equivalent from 5,408 a year earlier. The gains mainly came from a major acquisition that closed in March 2014. Cash flow rose 24.5%, to $0.61 a share from $0.49. The company’s experienced management is a plus: its president and CEO, Alex G. Verge, was president and CEO of NuVista Energy from July 2003 to November 2010. NuVista was formed as part of a reorganization of Bonavista Energy in July 2003. Previously, Verge was vice-president of engineering at Bonavista from January 1998 to June 2003. Journey began paying dividends in August 2014…