3 Top Energy Stocks to Buy in December

Last year, oil and gas was one of the top-performing sectors of the market as the industry slowly clawed back from an oil price of less than $30 a barrel at the beginning of the year. Pending some sort of Christmas miracle, it doesn't look as if oil and gas will be able to repeat that performance in 2017. So far this year, energy stocks are one of only two sectors in the S&P 500 posting losses this year.

Just because the sector isn't doing so well doesn't mean there aren't some stocks investors should consider in energy. So we asked three of our investing contributors to each highlight a stock they see as a potential buy in December. Here's why they picked Buckeye Partners (NYSE: BPL), Pattern Energy (NASDAQ: PEGI), and Marathon Petroleum (NYSE: MPC).

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