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To: ChanceIs who wrote (123592)	8/24/2009 10:39:06 PM
From: Dave	Respond to of 206321

From: Dave From Investor Village, interesting. Petrobank Energy and Resources Ltd. PBG.TO / Message Board / Read Message BOARD GROUPS BLOGS CHART NEWS FILINGS View This Message Only View This Message Only All Messages in Topic Single Thread Only Author List Message List Open Search Keyword Subject Between and Rec'd By Authored By Minimum Recs return to message board, top of board Msg 10109 of 10109 at 8/24/2009 8:14:36 PM by GerBar Send PM View Profile Add To Favs Ignore Recs: 2 \| Views: 76 Best rated Canadian Stocks - check #1 Best-Rated Canadian Stocks (Updated 8/24/2009) NASD 100 August 24, 2009 Best-Rated Canadian Stocks (Updated 8/24/2009) Below is the Analyst Rating Ranking of Canadian stocks, based on average Wall From Carswell at the "Trusts Board" Street analyst ratings. Each analyst rating is assigned a number ranging from 1 to 5, with 1 being the highest rating (STRONG BUY) and 5 being the lowest rating (STRONG SELL). Then the average is calculated to represent the overall rating of a stock. Ranking Company (Ticker) Average Rating Value Average Rating 1 Petrobank Energy and Resources Ltd. (TSE:PBG) 1.36 Strong Buy 2 European Goldfields Ltd. (TSE:EGU) 1.50 Strong Buy 3 Aura Minerals Inc. (TSE:ORA) 1.50 Strong Buy 4 Cardiome Pharma Corp. (TSE:COM) 1.60 Strong Buy 5 NuVista Energy Ltd. (TSE:NVA) 1.63 Strong Buy 6 FirstService Corporation (TSE:FSV) 1.63 Strong Buy 7 Niko Resources Ltd. (TSE:NKO) 1.64 Strong Buy 8 CML Healthcare Income Fund (TSE:CLC.UN) 1.67 Strong Buy 9 Cogeco Cable Inc. (TSE:CCA) 1.67 Strong Buy 10 Baytex Energy Trust (TSE:BTE.UN) 1.71 Strong Buy 11 New Gold Inc. (TSE:NGD) 1.73 Strong Buy 12 Aecon Group Inc (TSE:ARE) 1.75 Strong Buy 13 IESI-BFC Ltd. (TSE:BIN) 1.75 Strong Buy 14 Detour Gold Corporation (TSE:DGC) 1.75 Strong Buy 15 Quebecor, Inc. (TSE:QBR.B) 1.77 Strong Buy 16 Aurizon Mines Ltd. (TSE:ARZ) 1.78 Strong Buy 17 CGI Group Inc. (TSE:GIB.A) 1.79 Strong Buy 18 Silver Wheaton Corp. (TSE:SLW) 1.81 Buy 19 Trinidad Drilling Ltd. (TSE:TDG) 1.85 Buy 20 Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp. (TSE:PRE) 1.86 Buy 21 Red Back Mining Inc. (TSE:RBI) 1.86 Buy 22 WestJet Airlines Ltd. (TSE:WJA) 1.86 Buy 23 Precision Drilling Trust (TSE:PD.UN) 1.86 Buy 24 Stantec Inc. (TSE:STN) 1.87 Buy 25 Ivanhoe Mines, Ltd. (TSE:IVN) 1.88 Buy 26 Progress Energy Resources Corp (TSE:PRQ) 1.89 Buy 27 Crew Energy Inc. (TSE:CR) 1.90 Buy 28 Bonavista Energy Trust (TSE:BNP.UN) 1.92 Buy 29 Uranium One, Inc. (TSE:UUU) 1.92 Buy 30 ONEX Corporation (TSE:OCX) 2.00 Buy 31 Osisko Mining Corp. (TSE:OSK) 2.00 Buy 32 Crescent Point Energy Trust (TSE:CPG) 2.00 Buy 33 Viterra Inc. (TSE:VT) 2.00 Buy 34 Keyera Facilities Income Fund (TSE:KEY.UN) 2.00 Buy 35 Labrador Iron Ore Royalty Income Fund (TSE:LIF.UN) 2.00 Buy 36 Talisman Energy Inc. (TSE:TLM) 2.00 Buy 37 Potash Corp./Saskatchewan Inc. (TSE:POT) 2.00 Buy 38 Silver Standard Resources Inc. (TSE:SSO) 2.00 Buy 39 Sino-Forest Corporation (TSE:TRE) 2.00 Buy 40 Laurentian Bank of Canada (TSE:LB) 2.00 Buy 41 Silvercorp Metals Inc. (TSE:SVM) 2.00 Buy 42 Sears Canada Inc. (TSE:SCC) 2.00 Buy 43 ARC Energy Trust (TSE:AET.UN) 2.06 Buy 44 TransCanada Corporation (TSE:TRP) 2.07 Buy 45 HudBay Minerals Inc. (TSE:HBM) 2.07 Buy 46 Shoppers Drug Mart Corporation (TSE:SC) 2.07 Buy 47 Research In Motion Limited (TSE:RIM) 2.07 Buy 48 EnCana Corporation (TSE:ECA) 2.09 Buy 49 The Jean Coutu Group (PJC) Inc. (TSE:PJC.A) 2.10 Buy 50 Barrick Gold Corp. (TSE:ABX) 2.10 Buy 51 NAL Oil & Gas Trust (TSE:NAE.UN) 2.11 Buy 52 Minefinders Corp. Ltd. (TSE:MFL) 2.13 Buy 53 Saputo Inc. (TSE:SAP) 2.13 Buy 54 Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd. (TSE:AEM) 2.13 Buy 55 Goldcorp Inc. (TSE:G) 2.13 Buy 56 Biovail Corporation (TSE:BVF) 2.15 Buy 57 Vermilion Energy Trust (TSE:VET.UN) 2.15 Buy 58 Cameco Corporation (TSE:CCO) 2.17 Buy 59 AltaGas Income Trust (TSE:ALA.UN) 2.17 Buy 60 Advantage Oil and Gas Ltd (TSE:AAV) 2.17 Buy 61 Yamana Gold Inc. (TSE:YRI) 2.17 Buy 62 Bombardier, Inc. (TSE:BBD.B) 2.17 Buy 63 Enerplus Resources Fund (TSE:ERF.UN) 2.17 Buy 64 The Forzani Group Ltd. (TSE:FGL) 2.17 Buy 65 Jazz Air Income Fund (TSE:JAZ.UN) 2.20 Buy 66 Enbridge Inc. (TSE:ENB) 2.20 Buy 67 Rogers Communications Inc. (TSE:RCI.B) 2.20 Buy 68 Transforce Inc. (TSE:TFI) 2.20 Buy 69 Westshore Terminals Income Fund (TSE:WTE.UN) 2.20 Buy 70 Canadian Oil Sands Trust (TSE:COS.UN) 2.21 Buy 71 Sherritt International Corporation (TSE:S) 2.22 Buy 72 H&R Real Estate Investment Trust (TSE:HR.UN) 2.22 Buy 73 Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust (TSE:CUF.UN) 2.22 Buy 74 Daylight Resources Trust (TSE:DAY.UN) 2.23 Buy 75 Pan American Silver Corp. (TSE:PAA) 2.23 Buy 76 Alamos Gold Inc. (TSE:AGI) 2.24 Buy 77 SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. (TSE:SNC) 2.25 Buy 78 IAMGOLD Corporation (TSE:IMG) 2.25 Buy 79 ShawCor Ltd. (TSE:SCL.A) 2.25 Buy 80 Kinross Gold Corporation (TSE:K) 2.26 Buy 81 Transat A.T. Inc. (TSE:TRZ.B) 2.27 Buy 82 Canadian Natural Resources Limited (TSE:CNQ) 2.27 Buy 83 Home Capital Group Inc. (TSE:HCG) 2.29 Buy 84 Canadian National Railway Company (TSE:CNR) 2.29 Buy 85 Methanex Corporation (TSE:MX) 2.30 Buy 86 Absolute Software (TSE:ABT) 2.30 Buy 87 Open Text Corporation (TSE:OTC) 2.31 Buy 88 SXC Health Solutions, Corp. (TSE:SXC) 2.32 Buy 89 Reitmans (Canada) Limited (TSE:RET.A) 2.33 Buy 90 Macdonald Dettwiler & Associates Ltd (TSE:MDA) 2.33 Buy 91 Corus Entertainment Inc. (TSE:CJR.B) 2.33 Buy 92 Extendicare Real Estate Investment Trust (TSE:EXE.UN) 2.33 Buy 93 Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited (TSE:FFH) 2.33 Buy 94 Agrium Inc. (TSE:AGU) 2.36 Buy 95 Cineplex Galaxy Income Fund (TSE:CGX.UN) 2.38 Buy 96 RONA Inc. (TSE:RON) 2.38 Buy 97 Northland Power Income Fund (TSE:NPI.UN) 2.38 Buy 98 Inmet Mining Corporation (TSE:IMN) 2.38 Buy 99 FNX Mining Company Inc. (TSE:FNX) 2.39 Buy 100 Boardwalk REIT (TSE:BEI.UN) 2.39 Buy 101 CAE, Inc. (TSE:CAE) 2.40 Buy 102 Just Energy Income Fund (TSE:JE.UN) 2.40 Buy 103 Dorel Industries, Inc. (TSE:DII.B) 2.40 Buy 104 Brookfield Asset Management Inc. (TSE:BAM.A) 2.40 Buy 105 George Weston Limited (TSE:WN) 2.40 Buy 106 Empire Company Limited (TSE:EMP.A) 2.40 Buy 107 Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. (TSE:ATD.B) 2.40 Buy 108 Astral Media, Inc. (TSE:ACM.A) 2.40 Buy 109 First Quantum Minerals Limited (TSE:FM) 2.41 Buy 110 Inter Pipeline Fund (TSE:IPL.UN) 2.42 Buy 111 Birchcliff Energy Ltd. (TSE:BIR) 2.42 Buy 112 Teck Resources Limited (TSE:TCK.B) 2.42 Buy 113 Eldorado Gold Corporation (TSE:ELD) 2.44 Buy 114 Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (TSE:RBA) 2.44 Buy 115 Mullen Group Income Fund (TSE:MTL) 2.44 Buy 116 Loblaw Companies Limited (TSE:L) 2.44 Buy 117 BCE Inc. (TSE:BCE) 2.45 Buy 118 Tristar Oil & Gas Limited (TSE:TOG) 2.45 Buy 119 Manulife Financial Corp. (TSE:MFC) 2.46 Buy 120 Thompson Creek Metals Company, Inc. (TSE:TCM) 2.47 Buy 121 Power Corporation of Canada (TSE:POW) 2.50 Buy 122 CCL Industries Inc. (TSE:CCL.B) 2.50 Buy 123 Intact Financial Corp (TSE:IFC) 2.50 Buy 124 Power Financial Corporation (TSE:PWF) 2.50 Buy 125 Great-West Lifeco Inc. (TSE:GWO) 2.50 Buy 126 Great Basin Gold Ltd. (TSE:GBG) 2.50 Buy 127 Davis + Henderson Income Fund (TSE:DHF.UN) 2.50 Buy 128 Maple Leaf Foods Inc. (TSE:MFI) 2.50 Buy 129 Dundee Corp. (TSE:DC.A) 2.50 Buy 130 Lundin Mining Corporation (TSE:LUN) 2.52 Buy 131 Gammon Gold, Inc. (TSE:GAM) 2.54 Buy 132 TELUS Corporation (TSE:T) 2.55 Buy 133 Canadian Tire Corporation Limited (TSE:CTC.A) 2.56 Buy 134 CI Financial Corp. (TSE:CIX) 2.56 Buy 135 InnVest Real Estate Investment Trust (TSE:INN.UN) 2.57 Buy 136 MDS Inc. (TSE:MDS) 2.57 Buy 137 Addax Petroleum Corporation (TSE:AXC) 2.57 Buy 138 Calloway Real Estate Investment Trust (TSE:CWT.UN) 2.58 Buy 139 Suncor Energy Inc. (TSE:SU) 2.58 Buy 140 Quadra Mining Ltd. (TSE:QUA) 2.59 Buy 141 Metro, Inc. (TSE:MRU.A) 2.60 Buy 142 AGF Management Limited (TSE:AGF.B) 2.60 Buy 143 Canadian REIT (TSE:REF.UN) 2.60 Buy 144 Brookfield Properties Corporation (TSE:BPO) 2.60 Buy 145 ATCO Ltd. (TSE:ACO.X) 2.60 Buy 146 Tim Hortons Inc. (TSE:THI) 2.62 Neutral 147 Fortis Incorporated (TSE:FTS) 2.63 Neutral 148 Toromont Industries Ltd. (TSE:TIH) 2.63 Neutral 149 TransAlta Corporation (TSE:TA) 2.63 Neutral 150 Groupe Aeroplan Inc. (TSE:AER) 2.64 Neutral 151 Canadian Western Bank (TSE:CWB) 2.64 Neutral 152 National Bank of Canada (TSE:NA) 2.64 Neutral 153 Shaw Communications Inc. (TSE:SJR.B) 2.65 Neutral 154 Industrial Alliance Insur. & Fin. Ser. (TSE:IAG) 2.67 Neutral 155 Franco-Nevada Corporation (TSE:FNV) 2.67 Neutral 156 Celestica Inc. (TSE:CLS) 2.67 Neutral 157 Nexen Inc. (TSE:NXY) 2.67 Neutral 158 Connacher Oil and Gas Limited (TSE:CLL) 2.67 Neutral 159 Superior Plus Corp. (TSE:SPB) 2.67 Neutral 160 UTS Energy Corporation (TSE:UTS) 2.69 Neutral 161 Equinox Minerals Limited (TSE:EQN) 2.69 Neutral 162 Royal Bank of Canada (TSE:RY) 2.69 Neutral 163 Yellow Pages Income Fund (TSE:YLO.UN) 2.70 Neutral 164 Russel Metals Incorporated (TSE:RUS) 2.71 Neutral 165 Toronto-Dominion Bank (TSE:TD) 2.71 Neutral 166 Enerflex Systems Income Fund (TSE:EFX.UN) 2.71 Neutral 167 Canadian Utilities Limited (TSE:CU) 2.71 Neutral 168 Primaris Retail REIT (TSE:PMZ.UN) 2.73 Neutral 169 Emera Inc. (TSE:EMA) 2.75 Neutral 170 North West Company Fund (TSE:NWF.UN) 2.75 Neutral 171 Sun Life Financial Inc. (TSE:SLF) 2.77 Neutral 172 Finning International Inc. (TSE:FTT) 2.78 Neutral 173 Trican Well Service Ltd. (TSE:TCW) 2.79 Neutral 174 Magna International Inc. (TSE:MG.A) 2.80 Neutral 175 Pason Systems Inc. (TSE:PSI) 2.80 Neutral 176 Pengrowth Energy Trust (TSE:PGF.UN) 2.80 Neutral 177 Gildan Activewear Inc. (TSE:GIL) 2.81 Neutral 178 TMX Group, Inc. (TSE:X) 2.82 Neutral 179 Fort Chicago Energy Partners L.P. (TSE:FCE.UN) 2.82 Neutral 180 Ensign Energy Services Inc. (TSE:ESI) 2.83 Neutral 181 Peyto Energy Trust (TSE:PEY.UN) 2.83 Neutral 182 Provident Energy Trust (TSE:PVE.UN) 2.83 Neutral 183 Bell Aliant Regional Communitns Incm Fd (TSE:BA.UN) 2.91 Neutral 184 RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust (TSE:REI.UN) 2.91 Neutral 185 Pembina Pipeline Income Fund (TSE:PIF.UN) 2.91 Neutral 186 Gerdau Ameristeel Corporation (TSE:GNA) 2.92 Neutral 187 Savanna Energy Services Corp. (TSE:SVY) 2.92 Neutral 188 Husky Energy Inc. (TSE:HSE) 3.00 Neutral 189 IGM Financial Inc. (TSE:IGM) 3.00 Neutral 190 Major Drilling Group Int'l Inc. (TSE:MDI) 3.00 Neutral 191 Canadian Pacific Railway Limited (TSE:CP) 3.00 Neutral 192 EPCOR Power, L.P. (TSE:EP.UN) 3.00 Neutral 193 Canadian Hydro Developers, Inc. (TSE:KHD) 3.07 Neutral 194 Penn West Energy Trust (TSE:PWT.UN) 3.07 Neutral 195 Canadian Apartment Properties REIT (TSE:CAR.UN) 3.08 Neutral 196 West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (TSE:WFT) 3.10 Neutral 197 Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (TSE:CM) 3.14 Neutral 198 Thomson Reuters Corporation (TSE:TRI) 3.18 Neutral 199 Freehold Royalty Trust (TSE:FRU.UN) 3.20 Neutral 200 Transcontinental Inc. (TSE:TCL.A) 3.22 Neutral 201 Harvest Energy Trust (TSE:HTE.UN) 3.23 Neutral 202 The Bank of Nova Scotia (TSE:BNS) 3.27 Neutral 203 Imperial Oil Limited (TSE:IMO) 3.27 Neutral 204 Chartwell Seniors Housing REIT (TSE:CSH.UN) 3.29 Neutral 205 Paramount Energy Trust (TSE:PMT.UN) 3.30 Neutral 206 Manitoba Telecom Services (TSE:MBT) 3.39 Neutral 207 Bank of Montreal (TSE:BMO) 3.43 Sell 208 The Consumers' Waterheater Income Fund (TSE:CWI.UN) 3.50 Sell 209 Canfor Corporation (TSE:CFP) 3.56 Sell Posted at 07:16 AM

To: ChanceIs who wrote (123592)	8/25/2009 9:31:07 AM
From: ChanceIs	Respond to of 206321

SocGen Plans to Hire More People for Commodities Team (Update1) >>>Memo to Gary Gensler and the CFTC: If you limit commodity positions here, there is a host overseas to offer the same ETF products as ADRs. How incredibly naive to think they can control commodities prices - or should.<<< By Anna Stablum Aug. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Societe Generale SA, France’s second-largest bank by market value, plans to expand its commodities team about 35 percent by the end of next year, seeking to double the size of the business. The bank is adding the personnel in trading and sales, including four for an agriculture team that will deal in grains, cocoa and sugar from the fourth quarter, Adrian Lismore, deputy head of commodities marketing, said in an interview. In addition to more than 100 traders and sales staff in commodities, the bank also has 60 people involved in the carbon market, he said. Bank of America Corp., Barclays Plc and Morgan Stanley are also expanding their commodity businesses as a doubling in copper and 66 percent gain in crude oil this year bolsters revenue. Some banks are again offering $1 million bonuses to attract the best traders, according to recruitment firms Commodity Talent LLC and Kennedy Associates. “The market has a huge way to go,” Lismore said from London yesterday. “You can easily see the commodities space double or triple in size.” SocGen, based in Paris, said on Aug. 5 that net banking income from fixed income, currencies and commodities rose to 821 million euros ($1.18 billion) in the second quarter, 14 times the amount a year earlier. The Reuters/Jefferies CRB Index of 19 commodities gained 14 percent this year, rebounding from a record 36 percent decline in 2008. Agriculture Team The bank will also add at least 35 people to its support services team in commodities, Lismore said. The agricultural team will offer over-the-counter trading, adding to its existing futures business on exchanges, he said. SocGen is already involved in markets for oil, refined products, natural gas, coal, precious metals and plastics. It is one of 12 ring-dealing members of the London Metal Exchange. The bank also has a venture with GDF Suez SA, the owner of Europe’s biggest natural-gas network, to trade gas and power and another with Rhodia SA, France’s largest maker of specialty chemicals, to handle carbon products. Bank of America said this month it may expand its metals and energy team by 25 percent in the next two to three years. The commodities group is now about 600 people, people familiar with the matter said. Barclays said it plans to hire about 20 commodities traders in the next year.