RE: RE: EnCana Q1 profit up three-fold on hedgingThe reason why it is in the red it is because they made most of their profits on hedging gains (see in Bold below). Given natural gas price will probably stay low all summer, investors are probably thinking that Q2 earnings will be not very good. However, ECA will move north again soon as we move closer to the ex-dividend date.
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Energy conglomerate Encana Corp. more than tripled its first-quarterprofits Wednesday,
primarily on unrealized hedging gains worthUS$912-million.For the quarter ended March 31, Encana earned US$1.48-billion(US$1.97 a share), compared with US$477-million (US63¢) in the sameperiod last year.
Excluding the unrealized mark-to-market hedging gains and foreignexchange gains of US$147-million, Encana's operating earnings came inat US$418-million (US56¢), down 23%.
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