Wednesday, August 1, 2007

Bond issue sinks CNOOC momentarily

Now it makes sense. Shares of China's largest off-shore oil Co, CNOOC (NYSE: CEO), dipped more than 3% today and I assumed it was because of the schizo nature of the market.

I was wrong. Bloomberg reported that the drop was linked to a bond issue that the Co settled today. CEO dropped to $114.77, which looks like a nice discount. It's well off the high of $124.99 on June 23.

As much as I like alternative energy, fact is that China needs gas for its cars, and at an 11.9% growth rate, the economy is in no position to hit the pause button. This is the lowest P/E (11) of any stock on my A- and B+ lists, but I think I'll wait this situation out.

Pupule Paul has no position in CEO.

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