The events of the past still linger in investors minds.... but the TSX has had recent reasons to be cautious as well.... Southwestern being an obvious blunder. The regulation services do us all a diservice when they do not make public the bad guys......It seams only the worst cases get into the public domain... Maybe some of the trading behavours of some of the market manipulators needs also to made public

On the other side of this is the ARU story... an obvious success for investors.

One big advantage NOT has is the lack of country risk..... That is, unless Ontario decides to follow the Alberta lead. Stelmack has reduced investment by over a billion dollars for this year in the oil patch. This tax grab has purged profits from investors as well, and made it difficult to raise funds even with $95 oil

The move of the feds to change the trust structure another blow.... Thus Canada is showing it is not immune to the Chavez type thinking within our government. Moves that the governments make can have a severe effect on Canadian companies as takeover targets..... Cash flush companies finding it easier to increase their production via takeovers, especially if the stock prices are undervalued. This does nothing to increase supply though, and ensures robust commodity prices for many more years.

Thus maybe companies such as NOT can become victums of predatory trading..... Location, grade, and value / tone beig very positive for NOT.