The energy sector is prepped for a rebound in 2012, as fears of severe recession in Europe wane and China shifts its fiscal and monetary policies, according to The Street.

U.S.-based energy firms may be allowed to export natural gas to markets where natural gas prices are three to four times as high as in the U.S.

Rather than trying to predict a “nat gas winner,” the article suggests investors watch the First Trust ISE Revere Natural Gas ETF (NYSEArca: FCG) as it tracks an equal-weighted index of exchange-listed natural gas producers.

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