<\/img><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Investors may want to consider putting money to work in a lagging part of the market.<\/p>\n According to VanEck CEO Jan van Eck, oil stocks are getting a raw deal.<\/p>\n “The [oil] supply is there. The companies are arguably the next best cash flowing companies [compared to] the semiconductors<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span>,” he told CNBC’s “ETF Edge<\/a>” this week. “They’re trading at double-digit cash flow yields for E&Ps [exploration and production] and sectors in the oil market. No one cares. No one cares.”<\/p>\n His firm runs the VanEck Oil Services ETF<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span>. As of Jan. 31, FactSet shows the ETF’s largest holdings are Schlumberger<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span>, Halliburton<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span> and Baker Hughes<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span>. <\/p>\n The ETF is down almost 7% so far this year, and it’s off more than 9% percent over the past 52 weeks. So far this year, the S&P 500<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span> is up more than 5% so far this year.<\/p>\n “It’s [energy] underperforming a lot of other things, but not really badly considering the driver for global growth is really on its back right now and could be for a couple years,” said van Eck.<\/p>\n Strategas’ Todd Sohn also characterizes oil stocks as unloved and sees potential for a turnaround.<\/p>\n “They had pretty large outflows last year. And, if tech were to take a hit at some point in this quarter, I would guess the more tactical folks rotate into stuff like energy<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span> or even health care<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span>,” the firm’s ETF and technical strategist said. <\/p>\n