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Maybe oil and gas is good for a short play, and it probably is. But I've had several oil stocks for a few years and I'm slowly getting out. They haven't been profitable for me for more than two years and I think the writing is on the wall for that industry. It's in decline, and even the companies that pivot will take a hit during the process.
I tend to be a buy and hold guy, so others may have different strategies. But I don't see them being a good long-term hold any more. My past strategy was that they typically pay fantastic dividends so even if their growth was slow it was still a good play. But a 5 percent dividend doesn't make up for complete stagnation and decline over the past two years.
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