How to Trade Crude Oil Futures as Prices Ramp Up

Crude oil prices rose this week as production has been disrupted globally in Canada and Africa, boosting a surge of interest from investors as futures prices tend to surpass the stocks of energy companies. During the past ten years, on average in a positive month for energy, futures gained 6.14% compared to a 5.04% for stocks, said Jodie Gunzberg, global head of commodities and real Assets at S&P Dow Jones Indices, a New York-based company which provides indices for financial markets. "This is ...