Could Energy ETFs Act As A Hedge Against The Ukraine Crisis?

It's official: Russian troops are now entering two eastern Ukraine breakaway regions, Donetsk and Luhansk. Oil prices are surging while markets are on edge on expectations of imminent, widespread sanctions from the West. Russia is one of the world's largest suppliers of key energy commodities, including oil and natural gas as well as in-demand industrial metals such as aluminum, copper, cobalt, and nickel. With U.S. lawmakers promising the "mother of all sanctions"  that would be "crippling to [the Russian] economy" in the event of an invasion,…