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Pat: I am curious as to your opinion on PrairieSky Royalty. Thanks.

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Encana Corp., $14.81, symbol ECA on Toronto and a recommendation of The Successful Investor, first sold shares of PrairieSky Royalty Ltd., $30.20, symbol PSK on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 130.0 million; Market cap: $3.9 billion; www.prairiesky.com), to the public in May 2014. It sold its remaining 54% stake in PrairieSky in September 2014. Encana set up PrairieSky to hold its Clearwater properties in southern Alberta. PrairieSky owns the oil and natural gas rights to 5.2 million acres. It does not drill wells or explore for new reserves. Instead, it collects royalties from other producers. PrairieSky has two underlying sources of cash flow: collecting royalty payments from current production and attracting operators to drill on its land. The stock yields 4.1%. The company is new and only began trading on Toronto in May 2014. However, it has a well-established business developed when Encana owned it. PrairieSky Royalty is okay to hold. hold. …