pixinooFundamentals in the U.S. economy continue to support an investment in exploration company Marathon Oil (NYSE:MRO) whose shares have soared more than 20% year to date. The energy company benefits from petroleum prices that have stabilized at around $80 per barrel after OPEC+ members, led by Saudi Arabia and Russia, earlier this month agreed to extend voluntary supply cuts into the second-quarter. Marathon Oil also guided to return at least 40% of its cash flow from operations to shareholders in th ...