Recession Fears Roil Energy: What Investors Should Know

For energy investors, it may be hard to believe that many pockets of the sector were sitting at multi-year highs only three short weeks ago. In less time than it takes milk or eggs to go bad, energy stocks have seen their values fall by 20% or more compared to a 5.0% pullback in the S&P 500 over the same timeframe.

The combination of mounting recession fears and some profit taking put significant downward pressure on energy stocks even as oil prices were comparatively resilient.

Today’s note discusses the recent volatility in energy as recession fears roiled the space, observations from past recessions, and what could be different this time if a recession materializes.

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