On February 13th, according to Golden Jubilee Data, US oil and gas stocks have risen sharply since the beginning of the year, with analysts seeing this as a bullish signal for the whole year. Despite the temporary pause in the market caused by the general decline in the US stock market on Thursday, and numerous uncertain factors such as economic, geopolitical, and even artificial intelligence impacts, historical patterns show that a strong start is often accompanied by a strong end. The S&P 500 energy sector has led all sectors with a growth rate of about 21% so far this year, setting the second strongest start since 1990, second only to 2022 (when the global economic recovery after the pandemic drove up oil prices). According to Bespoke Investment Group data, the previous three times when the sector saw a 10% increase from the beginning of the year to mid February, the remaining period of the year saw at least another 15% increase. The strategist from DataTrek Research included the performance of the energy sector relative to the S&P 500 in their analysis and came to similar conclusions. Its data shows that since 2015, the energy index has outperformed the S&P 500 by at least 20.9 percentage points seven times within a 50 day cycle - each time maintaining a sustained advantage for the following 50 days.