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Energy Favorites: Apache, Schlumberger and others

Posted Jul 14th 2010 10:30AM by Steven Halpern (RSS feed)
Filed under: Schlumberger Limited (SLB), Stocks to Buy, Kinder Morgan Energy Partners (KMP)

"There will be short term anomalies in oil prices; but long term, the world's appetite will increase as supply decreases," says resources expert Curtis Hesler.

The editor of The Professional Timing Service explains, "There is an acceleration phase coming in these markets that will be suddenly set off by a surprise incident. The time to invest for that eventuality is during market weakness when fear is the ruling emotion.

"My favorite major is Apache Corp. (APA). The stock is trading under our downside buy price of $95, and there should be some support at $80. If you are going to own a major oil producer, Apache is the one.

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Best Stocks for 2008: Enerplus Resources (ERF) offers 'trusted' income

Posted Dec 31st 2007 8:00AM by Steven Halpern (RSS feed)
Filed under: Newsletters, Canada, , Commodities, Oil, Stocks to Buy, Best Stocks for 2008

For 25 years, Steven Halpern, editor of TheStockAdvisors.com, has surveyed the leading financial newsletter advisors asking for their favorite stocks for the coming year. This article is one of 100+ ideas in the Best Stocks for 2008 report.

"My favorite aggressive speculation for 2008 is Enerplus Resources (NYSE: ERF)," says Roger Conrad, editor of Canadian Edge.

"Over the past 18 months, Canadian oil and gas producer trust has endured a trial by fire. First natural gas prices started tumbling.

"Then the Conservative party government announced it would begin taxing trusts as corporations starting in 2011, and restricted the number of shares trust can issue. Finally, this fall investors have bailed out of everything remotely economically sensitive.

"Through it all, however, the Enerplus has remained rock-solid as a business. For starters, the yield of nearly 13% -- paid monthly -- is backed by a modest 70% payout ratio. And that ratio was achieved by selling oil in the third quarter at less than $70 a barrel.

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