The oil crash over the past couple of years has wiped out a whopping $1 trillion of equity from oil stock investments, leaving investors feeling burned. That has caused a lot of ill will toward the sector, and for good reason, because the sector itself can be blamed for at least some of its failings. Needless to say, there are plenty of reasons why investors might hate oil stocks.
Crude oil has been gut-wrenchingly volatile over the past couple of decades: