Investment Q&A

Q: Your thoughts on Enerplus would be appreciated.
Thanks so much.

Q: Hello,
Do you still have a positive outlook for these 3 companies (2 year outlook). I currently own these 3 stocks and I am tempted to take some profit but do not need the money at the moment. Sector allocation is still fine.

Also, with oil now at $42, can you please share your short term outlook. Should we expect some increased volatilty over the next few months ? Thank you.

Q: With the very hot summer some energy companys will likely show good results providing for the increase in cooling demand. Which would benefit the most. Altagas is my only energy related stock 3% of portfolio

Q: Hi 5i; I sold all my natural gas stocks well over a year ago and would now like to get back in, slowly. Can you suggest a couple of stocks I should consider? Many thanks for your advice.

Q: With gas price increase and coming heating season, which of these companies would you recommend? If your favorite is any other company, please mention. Thanks

Q: Hi,
My only energy exposure is WCP and TOU each at 4% (total 8% of portfolio)

(A) In the current economic environment, considering I am targeting growth, what % would you recommend for energy exposure?
(b) Do you like these two holdings for covering and diversifying my energy exposure? or are there alternatives you think might be better at this point? When I compare charts for TOU vs. PEY, for instance, my untrained eye seems to show that PEY is acting better than TOU over the last year.

Thank you

Q: Hi Peter;
I am looking to purchase two energy stocks that have a majority of their portfolio in natural gas, a medium and a large cap. Would Birchcliff Energy (BIR) and VII Seven Gen do the trick? If not, which ones would you recommend?
Thanks,
Ron

Q: What Canadian natural gas company would benefit the most from a natural gas price hike? And a close second?
Thanks
Jean

Q: I currently have 6 oil and gas stocks in a well diversified portfolio (PEY,RE,SU,SGY,TOU,WCP) and would like to high grade the list to 3-4 names by either selling some or all of them and replacing them with other names if necessary. What would you suggest? Thanks and keep up the excellent work.

Q: Could i please have your opinion and ranking on the following gas weighted companies. Would this be a realistic time for an investment in one or two of these companies or is there still alot of downside risk. Thanks

Q: I have a good proportion of my portfolio in the US, so its value is very dependent on the US$/CAN$ exchange rate. Now I would like to increase my investment in energy with a view to a hedge against the rising CAN$. Can you recommend two reliable dividend paying stocks whose value is highly correlated to the CAN$, and which preferably have some growth potential too. I already own SU and CNQ.
Thanks for your help.
Chris

Q: I would like to increase my oil and gas exposure. I currently own Peyto and up a bit on it. Could you recommend one or two others to add that should do well assuming price of oil goes up.

Q: Any idea why Peyto has performed so much better than other oil companies? Down 15% over the last year which is isn't too bad compared to others. I know Peyto is primarily a gas producer.
1) Have natural gas prices been more stable than oil over the last year?
2) Has the production of natural gas been more stable? (Less dramatic increase from the shale plays and also harder for the house of Saud to flood the market from their own reserves)?
3) Is the demand for gas more constant than oil? I assume domestic house consumption, power plants and industrial users are the biggest users with long term purchase orders.
I am thinking of buying more PEY to increase my weighting to about 3.5%. The only other pure energy company I own is VET with a 2% weighting. (I also own some CMG which is a bit of a mixed bag).
I like the dividend percentage. What is the current pay-out ratio of PEY?
Deduct as many question credits as you wish - and thank you.

Q: Hello 5i!
Down 37% on PEY, and have a small position on this one, do you still consider Peyto one of the better companies within the oil and gas? Would you recommend to add some at the current level not considering asset allocation? I am a long term investor, well diversified portfolio (have quite a few of 5i suggested small cap O&G) and can handle risk.
Thanks!

Q: Good Evening
Back on July 10, 2015 you indicated that it is worthwhile to hold on Peyto.I noted that one PEYTO Director sold 744,719 shares from September 14th to September 21st, 2015 at between $30.08 and $28.96.
Peyto represents 1% of my portfolio and the oil/gas sector is around 5%.
Do you still recommend on holding to this stock, selling or averaging down?

I will appreciate your comments.
Thank you

Q: You previously indicated that you like PEY but your last commentary on this stock was in mid-April. Since then PEY was on steady decline loosing over 20% of value... I wonder what's your current opinion of Peyto: is it a buying opportunity after decline or is it hold or sell? I am currently down 10% on PEY and it is about 2.5% of my portfolio (total O&G is 12%).
Thanks.

Q: Peter: I would like to replace Peyto with a similar quality dividend paying stock in a different sector with strong growth potential. I am overweight in energy and underweight in everything else. Thanx Robbie

Q: What do you think of the recent new issue?

Q: Hello Team, I have held Peyto for several years. With natural gas storage level very near the 5 year average despite a very cold winter, I am concerned that the current high gas production environment is going to knock gas prices to very low figures in the coming months. Would you please provide your thoughts on holding Peyto in today's natural gas environment.
Thanks,
Richard

Q: I have held Baytex for some years, enjoying a nice dividend but am now underwater about 20%. At this time, do you think it would be a good move to sell Baytex and replace it with Peyto? (Much lower dividend but perhaps more near term upside?)