Oil price tipped for $100 in five years

Two investment experts yesterday argued the case for overweighting energy stocks in the medium term, though next year might be too early to expect such a strategy to pay off.  Over the next five years, the price of oil will head back towards the $100-a-barrel mark, said James McDonald, chief investment strategist at US financial services group Northern Trust. He told AsianInvestor’s annual institutional investment forum in Singapore that natural resources would reward equity inves…