Will oil stop at $20?
Oil market cycles tend to bottom at around $20, in today’s prices. The market will not rebalance until the price is below operating cost for a sufficient number of producers.
Oil market cycles tend to bottom at around $20, in today’s prices. The market will not rebalance until the price is below operating cost for a sufficient number of producers.
"Prices are likely to remain range-bound until fundamentals tighten in H2 16, but market
participants should be watching the rate of US stockbuilds for evidence that the market
is rebalancing."
Report from Yann Quelenn, Market Strategist SwissQuote
Commodity markets may be close to their most attractive ever after continued levels of bearishness.
Earnings season has begun, which should provide a guideline for how US oil and gas production will fare in the current low price environment. Producers continue to shore up finances through divestitures and dividend cuts, among other things.
The commodity market environment has deteriorated markedly in early 2016 and Barclays Capital has decided to reduce oil and copper forecasts as a result.
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