If you are reading this, I know that you are interested in the energy sector, and therefore you are aware that 2022 was an outstanding year for energy stocks. The sector ETF, XLE, delivered a total return of over 64%, which is impressive enough on its own, but when put in the context of a year when the broad equity benchmark, the S&P 500, lost 18.1% is truly remarkable. As I have said here before that has resulted in some serious schadenfreude for those of us who remained loyal to energy during years of underperformance, and particularly for…
