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description: "🌟🌟🌟Black Gold is back with a vengeance! Brent Crude has officially broken through the USD 90 per barrel threshold, sparking a fresh wave of panic across global markets and sending inflation weary tech stocks running for cover.A good tactical bet is to invest in $SPDR Energy Select(XLE.US) as it provides exposure to the Top US Energy giants.   These include $ExxonMobil(XOM.US)$Chevron(CVX.US)$ConocoPhillips(COP.US)$Marathon Petroleum(MPC.US)and many more.  The expense ratio is a low 0.08%.  The current distribution yield is 2.44%.   Performance wise, XLE is up 37.09% year todate.    With the current Iran war, XLE stands to benefit as institutional funds may actively rotate out of high flying tech stocks and pivot to XLE as a macroeconomic hedge."
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# 🌟🌟🌟Black Gold is back with a vengeance! Brent Crud…


### Related Stocks

- [XLE.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/XLE.US.md)
- [USO.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/USO.US.md)
- [XOM.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/XOM.US.md)
- [CVX.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/CVX.US.md)
- [COP.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/COP.US.md)
- [MPC.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/MPC.US.md)

## Comments (1)

- **JeremyT · 2026-08-18T08:10:28.000Z**: mpc is on the refining side though, a fast crude spike squeezes crack spreads rather than helping it. and a big chunk of xle is just xom plus cvx, so it is really a bet on those two.


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