| Investors should buy into the energy sector to protect their portfolios from rising levels of geopolitical risk, according to Russ Koesterich, global chief investment strategist at BlackRock. Data from FE Analytics shows that specialist energy funds have done very well so far this year, with an uptick in performance in recent weeks as the Ukraine crisis has escalated.
Koesterich says he expects the outperformance to continue, and suggests overweighting the sector. “We are advocating an allocation to energy stocks, which have outperformed the broader market year-to-date,” he said...............................................Full Article: Source
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