by Donald DonyThe major decline in oil prices over the past five months has placed many securities into a freefall. The commodity-rich SPX/TSX, for example, has fallen 10.00% since September, putting into a bear market (Chart 1).
Chart 1The TSX Energy sector has declined even further, cratering almost 40% bringing...
Editor's Note: In 2010, offshore drilling stocks got crushed. A lot of that had to do with the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. But that tragedy also opened the door for investors to buy into big names like Transocean -- at a major discount -- which would later offer opportunities...
Chris Taylor has another great bear–but this one is a kodiak.
His last deal–Great Bear Resources (GBR:TSXV, GTBDF:OTC) — went from 15 cents to over $9 in 20 months as they discovered a huge gold deposit in Red Lake, Ontario. Then it soared further to $14!
That quick move to $9 was...
ENERGY INVESTING 101
Dear OGIB Reader,
Investing in oil and gas stocks is actually quite simple.
Investors have two basic choices when starting out:
1) Do I want to get a stockbroker who specializes in oil & gas (probably based in Calgary or Texas) and do what (s)he tells me; or 2) Do...
Do you know what a royalty is?
I don’t mean the Queen of England. In business, it’s where one party gets a small slice of revenue—with no costs.
It’s a free ride.
In oil and gas, it’s often called a GORR—Gross OverRiding Royalty. In mining, it’s often called an NSR—Net Smelter Return,...
Three zombie stocks have come back from the dead in the Canadian oilpatch, and they all took a different route.
Maybe “zombie” is an unfair term, but all three had debt problems that were hurting their valuation.
And it may be an opportunity for investors paying attention, as—arguably—the Market has yet...
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Trading Canadian stocks, especially micro-caps, can be incredibly lucrative. That's because these young companies are often what I call One-Decision-Stocks. What...