1 Energy Stock on Our Watchlist and 2 Facing Headwinds

Whether you see them or not, energy businesses play a crucial part in our daily activities, from powering our homes and businesses to powering our transportation and industries.But they are at the whim of volatile macroeconomic factors that influence capital spending (like interest rates and commodity prices), and the industry has underperformed the market over the past six months as its 3.8% return lagged the S&P 500 by 5.1 percentage points.