Chuck Darwin (@[email protected])

US energy companies and several hedge funds were handsomely rewarded when markets opened on Monday after news of the US attack on Venezuela and abduction of President Nicolas Maduro over the weekend.  The MSCI US Energy index, which tracks a basket of American stocks with exposure to the energy industry, was trading up 2.8 percent on Monday -- widely outperforming gains in the broader S&P 500 and other global energy stocks. The rally was an early reflection of investors' bets that US multinationals and investors stand to reap outsized gains from Donald Trump’s vow to “run” Venezuela, a South American country home to 17 percent of global crude reserves that has been under devastating US sanctions https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/halliburton-hedge-funds-and-chevron-big-warners-trumps-vow-rule-venezuela