Running a multi-billion dollar energy company isn’t easy. Just ask the executives in the corner suites of some of the energy companies that have gone bust over the years.

December E-mini S&Ps (ESZ14 +0.44%) this morning are up +0.43% and European stocks are up +0.51% before U.S. Sep payrolls data is released. European stocks received a boost after Eurozone Aug retail sales came in much stronger than expected.

Our Winter Power Outlook dispatches the entire N. America power system.

Since 2010, the top scoring stocks in our weekly large cap report have returned an average 363 bps of excess to the SPX in the following year.