Updates on your safety-conscious stocks: Crescent Point Energy, Newmont Corp. and Brookfield Renewable Partners L.P.

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CRESCENT POINT ENERGY $4.49, is a buy for aggressive investors. The oil and gas producer (Toronto symbol CPG; Shares outstanding: 547.2 million; Market cap: $2.5 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk; Dividend yield: 0.9%; www.crescentpointenergy.com) has now completed the sale of some natural gas infrastructure assets in Saskatchewan. The total proceeds were $500 million. The sales reflect the company’s strategy of focusing its resources on boosting production and strengthening its balance sheet to protect investor value. The sold assets include natural gas gathering and processing facilities and two gas pipelines that can carry more than 90 million cubic feet per day. The sales will let the company pay down its long-term debt, which stood at $3.4 billion on September 30, 2019. That’s about 1.4 times the company’s depressed market cap. Crescent Point’s shares are down along with many energy producers. Still, the stock now trades at just 1.3 times the company’s forecast 2020 cash flow per share of $3.47. That low multiple, plus its 0.9% yield, offers investors an…