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TC EnergyTRP.TOCOMMENTOct 10, 2013Stock price when the opinion was issued
As of Aug 28, 2026. Market Open.
Pulled down toward the 200-day MA, so an opportunity to pick up shares. RSI is down around 29, indicating it's oversold. Nice, steady name with pretty low beta (half that of the TSX). For the conservative, dividend part of your portfolio. Yield is 4% and safe, expected to increase over coming years.
Pipeline names serve an important need in a portfolio for those who are income-focused. Sector's been hot, valuations have come up dramatically. If you own, continue to hold. Growth outlook quite strong.
Pipelines will definitely benefit from the need for power for AI. But they can't ship more than is already allocated, so they don't get as much operating leverage as some other companies.
Pipelines are not quite as good as utilities for safety, because they're perceived as being commodity-sensitive (even though they're really not). This name will give you a good dividend and safety. You'll get your dividend, and the safety means you can sleep at night (and that's worth something). You can get diversification via funds and ETFs.
Possible deal with Iran caused similar price action across the whole complex. The whole space was at a high.
Both an oil play and an energy infrastructure play. Project backlog of $8B (with ~90% sanctioned, and another $12B being discussed) looks very visible. Great company. Trades at premium of 20x PE for 5% growth.
Better places for new $$.
Definitely holding. Nat gas prices have gone up 40% since the beginning of the year. Sold its oil, kept natural gas, and now involved in nuclear. Decent dividend, with growth in 4-5% range. More pipeline infrastructure to be built in Canada, US, and Mexico. Still a buy.
A good prime minister in their corner who's working on pipelines as projects. Brendan is cautiously optimistic that there will continue to be pipeline expansion. TRP probably continues to do well. We've seen a bit of rebound in the pipeline sector. Lower interest rates should keep the economy at least at the same level, if not expand it. With pressure on currencies, sees pricing for all commodities in USD continue fairly strong.
Likes the natural gas sector as a transition sector, and we probably won't be burning as much in 25-50 years. Much better for the environment than coal.
In the event of Keystone getting approved or rejected, is it a worthwhile strategy to take a straddle position 9 months down the road? A straddle involves buying a Call Option and you will make money if the stock goes up. This also involves buying a Put Option, which will make money if the stock goes down. When you are buying both of these, you don’t care which direction the stock goes. You simply believe that it will go a greater distance than the cost of both of the options. 9 months out, you add the price of the Call and the Put to the strike price that you are willing to buy or sell the stock. That will be the trading range implied by the options. If you think the stock will reach either end of that range, based on the outcome of Keystone, then by all means, do the straddle. Your maximum risk is that it closes exactly at the midpoint, in which case both the Call and the Put will expire worthless. Chances of this happening are very small.