Oil

Martin Gilbert: Rocky road ahead to sustainable energy goal

Barack Obama’s comments as he took office for a second term as president are as prescient now as they were back then

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How the Brexit trade deal could impact markets and investors

‘Short term this is great news... but long term we don’t know all the ramifications of Brexit’

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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.

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

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This is when investors should pile into oil, according to JPMorgan

JPMorgan analysts said the uncertainty over the trajectory of demand due to the Covid-19 pandemic is too great to make any decisions now

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Warburg Pincus backtracks on investing in oil and gas

Warburg’s turnabout comes from one of the oldest US buyout firms and one that has backed oil-and-gas businesses for more than 30 years

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High Octane: The Covid-19 pandemic has caused a slump in oil demand and ructions in prices, but some traders have kept afloat with strong returns

How Doug King’s hedge fund made a killing shorting oil: ‘Investors don’t really get bear markets’

King’s RCMA Merchant Commodity Fund is up 26% this year. In 2014, it was up almost 60%

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Banks cut lifelines for shale industry as losses mount

Some bank lenders are finding out their collateral in the form of oil and gas assets isn’t worth enough to cover their debts as oil prices have decreased

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Trader who gained on oil-price crash warns ‘extreme weakness’ is here to stay

When the lockdowns end, much will depend on how quickly economies can revive

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Hong Kong hedge fund nets £135m on record short in Premier Oil

Outsized gain from a bet against shares of UK producer Premier Oil is emblematic of the opportunities for short-sellers in the energy sector

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Oil crisis spreading to individual investors with risky products

Assets managed by 16 oil and gas ETFs tracked by FactSet swelled from about $4.8bn in late February to nearly $11bn by 17 April

Mexican state oil firm Pemex's Cadereyta refinery, in Cadereyta, on the outskirts of Monterrey, Mexico

Oil-focused hedge funds won big even before crude’s shock sub-zero drop

Pierre Andurand's hedge fund, the Merchant Commodity Fund, and GZC Strategic Commodities Fund have all gained.