The Cruel Oil-Market Math Conspiring Against ETF Bulls: Energy

The Musket Corp. Windsor Crude Terminal in Windsor, Colorado.

Photographer: Matthew Staver/Bloomberg
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The $2.3 billion that has poured into funds that track oil since December would seem like a logical enough investment. After crude dropped more than 50 percent to a five-year low, the thinking goes, prices are due for a rebound.

There’s just one problem. And it’s a big problem.