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Forget about oil at $80, because the big rally is in forward prices

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Catherine Ngai, Alex Longley, and Javier Blas
Bloomberg News
Monday, May 21, 2018

Brent crude oil grabbed all the attention after spot prices hit $80 a barrel last week. And yet, almost unnoticed, a perhaps more important rally has occurred in the obscure world of forward prices, with some investors betting the "lower for longer" price mantra is all but over.

The five-year Brent forward price, which has been largely anchored in a tight $55-to-$60 a barrel range for the past year and a half, has jumped over the last month, outpacing the gains in spot prices. It closed at $63.50 on Friday.

"For the first time since December 2015, the back end of the curve has been leading the complex higher," said Yasser Elguindi, a market strategist at Energy Aspects Ltd. in New York. "It seems that the investor community is finally calling into question the ‘lower for longer’ thesis." ...

... For the remainder of the report:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-21/forget-about-oil-at-8...



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