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Here’s why you should maintain a long position on oil, Goldman Sachs says

Despite winter volatility, the analysts said that the price of the commodity could rise to $65 per barrel in 2021

Analysts from Goldman Sachs say prices for oil will remain volatile over the coming weeks but expect a recovery to start picking up in 2021.
Analysts from Goldman Sachs say prices for oil will remain volatile over the coming weeks but expect a recovery to start picking up in 2021. Photo: Artur Widak/Getty Images

Oil prices will stay volatile in the coming weeks, as continuing lockdowns clash with positive vaccine news, but expect a recovery to gather steam in 2021.

That’s the advice from Goldman Sachs analysts Damien Courvalin, Callum Bruce and Jeffery Currie, who expect the “winter headwinds” to be “just speed bumps on the path to a tightening oil market”.

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