HOU is very much NOT a long term investment because of the Double Leveraging and because of the volatility of CL prices. $ m4 o* z. F u$ z/ M2 jIt is for short-term trading only. / v8 t' _. v$ o( q J% U4 j6 u 4 S/ ?( E% H r* p4 eLong term oil bulls who want to buy and hold are better off buying quality E&Ps or the XEG, or NYSE:OIL, not HOU.