I added this morning When I saw that ENB wasn't getting clobbered this morning, I put in a bid at $11.90. I had to wait for awhile as less that 4,000 shares traded in the early going. I eventually got filled and I see that another 40,000 have traded since then.
I now have a position 10% larger than my goal. I don't know what I think about that. Will I just continue to hold an oversized position or will I trade out for (hopefully) a win?
I had decided ahead of time that I would probably add to my position if ENB held at $1.30 down from yesterday's close (Yahoo Finance would show the price down $0.385 as they build in the drop of $0.915 for the divi). My thought process was that ENB has only dropped by about $1.30 on recent ex-divi days.
My fear was that with ENB up about $6 per share recently the pros might slam the share price down today and in the following days to take advantage of weak handed retail investors. The day isn't over, but my guess is that the bull run on ENB is still intact so I bought.
My trade today is a trade, not an investment. It could become and investment but I would have to adjust my thinking. The concensus among analysts is that the Bank of Canada is going to drop interest rates by 25 basis points at each of the 3 remaining BoC meetings. That would take prime down by another 75 points by year end.
I don't have a crystal ball but when it comes to the effect of interest rates on stocks and real estate, you don't really need one as lower interest rates = higher prices. If the Prime rate goes down to 6% by the end of the year, I suspect that the yield on ENS will go down which means a higher price. In the meantime, the current yield is approximately 2x the cost of borrowing. I like the math.
However, the one thing to remember about the market is that it humbles us all.