The energy sector and its exchange traded funds are still struggling this year. That much is confirmed by some of the big-name ETFs tracking energy stocks. For example, the Energy Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLE), the largest energy ETF, is down more than 5 percent year-to-date. The SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF (NYSE: XOP) is off 18.2 percent this year.
Those declines come after XLE and XOP lost 21.5 percent and 35.8 percent, respectively, last year. Clearly, the environment is difficult for the energy sector, but that is not keeping investors. In fact, energy ETFs are prolific asset gatherers. That could be a sign paying attention to flows to the sector's ETFs could pay off in the future.
“Since oil prices topped out in 2014, US-listed ...
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