2 Energy Stocks I’d Buy Right Now

The oil and natural gas sector is unpopular right now. But these energy sources remain vital to the global economy and will remain so for decades. There are supply and demand issues, as always, but these are short-term concerns that wax and wane over time. Offering big yields backed by large, diversified, and financially strong businesses, right now could be the right time to look at these two energy stocks. 

ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) is among the largest integrated oil and natural gas companies in the world. Although oil drilling has the biggest influence on the company's performance, its business spans the upstream (oil drilling), midstream (pipeline), and downstream (chemicals and refining) spaces. That provides some balance to its top and bottom lines, since downstream operations tend to benefit from lower energy prices, as oil and gas are key inputs. 

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