SZO News and Press, DB Crude Oil Short ETN From 10/15/19

Another month, another update from OPEC. Unlike in prior months, though, the group, in its Monthly Oil Report , gave market participants their first look into just how bad the Saudi oil disruption last month was. While this will prove to be a short-term impact on the global oil market, even i...

By Andrew Robinson Prospects for a "mini" trade deal between the US and China leading to further progress has lifted agricultural commodities, taken the wind out of gold and left energy markets unimpressed. Turkey's advance into Syria has yet to influence safe-haven asset accumulation. ...

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Oil prices recorded their first weekly gain in two weeks, driven higher by unrest in Iraq and Ecuador, as well as by optimism over talks between the US and China aimed at ending their trade war. The attack on an Iranian oil tanker off the coast of Jeddah overshadowed the latest hints from ...

Many factors influence the path of least resistance of asset prices. In the world of commodities, fundamental supply and demand is one of many issues that can move prices over time. Exogenous events when it comes to the weather or policy changes in leading producing or consuming nations can al...

Data for the OPEC charts below were taken from the October OPEC Monthly Oil Market Report OPEC 14 crude oil production was down 1,318,000 barrels per day in September. Most of that decline was due to the Iranian attack on the Saudi oil complex at Abqaiq. Algeria is in slow decline. Ang...

In this article, we examine the significant weekly order flow and market structure developments driving WTI's price action. As noted in last week's WTI Weekly , the primary expectation for this week was for price discovery lower, provided key resistance, 53.35s, held. This expectation did n...

To say that the last few weeks in the crude markets have been volatile feels like an understatement. With prices surging in the wake of the Saudi attacks followed by an incredible decrease in the price per barrel, it has been a turbulent period. In the following discussion, I will walk throu...

Investment Thesis The fundamental state of the oil market does not point to further decline in the iPath S&P GSCI Crude Oil Total Return Index ETN ( OIL ). Instrument The S&P GSCI Crude Oil Total Return Index reflects the returns that are potentially available through an unlevera...

Welcome to the where's the oil edition of Oil Markets Daily! US crude imports are about to set a new monthly low this month. We are seeing October US crude imports coming in at ~6 mb/d. Next week will show elevated imports of ~7 mb/d followed by sub ~6 mb/d for the following three we...