To express an investment thesis on rising oil prices, investors have the option of going long crude futures or ETFs, buying sector ETFs, or picking stocks.

Picking individual oil stocks is complicated due to the diverse revenue streams and hedging of integrated oil companies.

With an improved balance sheet, no downstream operations, and no hedges against rising oil prices, ConocoPhillips' stock is a clever way to leverage a bet on rising oil.

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