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description: "WTI is hovering around $79.6 per barrel, $ExxonMobil(XOM.US) is slightly up, and $Occidental Petroleum(OXY.US) is basically flat.With oil prices lacking direction, oil stocks are just going through the motions; news of US-Iran negotiations has shrunk the geopolitical premium, but the $80 mark remains unbroken.The real variables ahead are the end-of-month OPEC+ meeting and capital expenditure guidance during earnings season. While sideways-moving oil stocks are indeed boring, the dividends are right there—would you choose to be smart and stay bored at this level, or chase the excitement elsewhere?"
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# WTI is hovering around $79.6 per barrel, $ExxonMob…


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