Crude Sell-off: Solid Entry Point into U.S. Oil Majors

In the last month oil has fallen from near $150/barrel to just under $118/barrel, about a 20% retracement. The talking heads on CNBC yesterday were celebrating this fact and talking up a much further drop in the price of crude.

Meanwhile, the past month was simply disastrous for those invested in oil and natural gas stocks (like yours truly). Money managers and analysts are now advising investors to jump into the financial and retail stocks and shun commodity investments like energy. Is the energy play over? What has fundamentally changed in the energy arena to substantiate the sell-off in energy stocks?