I carried through on Friday’s plan to unwind the short position on crude oil, selling my holding of the double-short, exchange-traded fund (ETF) Horizons BetaPro NYMEX Oil Bear Plus (HOD). I had planned to do it when the price went up another 5% to give me a 50% gain, but ...

Well, it's been quite a year for B.C. oil and gas rights sales. July's record-breaking sale of more than $610 million in bonus bids boosted the total garnered by B.C. this fiscal year to $1.3 billion. In comparison, last fiscal year the province raised $1.2 billion selling the potentially lucrative ...