Why Oil Prices Could Rattle Stocks in 2016

As someone in their mid-50's, I am old enough to remember the start of oil-price gouging and the beginning of OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) holding our energy consumption hostage by controlling the supply of crude and keeping prices high. I can recall waiting in line with my late father for hours to get a tank full of gas because shortages were so widespread that refineries around the country sat idle. The price of crude skyrocketed and the economy seized.