«Most importantly, the underlying
oil market fundamentals in the early part of 2018 look less supportive for prices.»
Commerzbank's head of commodity research Eugen Weinberg said
oil market fundamentals «do not justify the current price, but unfortunately the market is focusing more on the politics and ignoring some of the warning signs, especially the hike in U.S. oil production.»
Not exact matches
Investors who were underweight on the Canadian
market because of negative outlooks on the Canadian dollar,
oil and other commodities are returning, says Lesley Marks, senior vice-president and chief investment officer,
Fundamental Canadian Equities, at BMO Asset Management.
The International Energy Agency said Friday the
oil market is re-balancing as demand continues to grow but more time is needed before these shifting
fundamentals are felt by
markets.
«
Market fundamentals remain supportive, as crude
oil prices are relatively rangebound, providing stability to customers as they evaluate projects,» said Baker Hughes Chief Executive Officer Lorenzo Simonelli in a statement.
This
fundamental shift in policy engendered a technical shift in prices and sentiment that, once it began, became a waterfall of losses for the
oil markets.
The
oil market is re-balancing as demand continues to grow but more time is needed before these shifting
fundamentals are felt by
markets, the latest report from the International Energy Agency said Friday.
Still, «while the
market does look weak from a
fundamental perspective, sub - $ 40 [Nymex]
oil means a lot of bad news is being priced in,» he said.
True, the bond
market's implied inflation forecast has shot up since last year; but that's almost entirely because of
oil rather than economic
fundamentals.
This, along with a potentially improving
oil supply picture, would contribute to a reduction in the imbalance of
market fundamentals in the coming months.»
The optimistic longer - term projections that have been issued by the three main reporting agencies as well as from most Wall Street analysts are looking more and more like they may be off the mark as the current
fundamentals are in no way suggesting the global
oil market is already in a rebalancing pattern.
I am maintaining my
oil view and short term bias at cautiously bearish as the current
fundamentals remain bearish and the
market seems to be breaking down from a technical perspective.
The
oil market's basic
fundamentals haven't changed much — apart from some further deceleration in the global economy - since earlier this year when I discussed a range bound energy
market.
«We think the
fundamentals do not justify the current price, but unfortunately the
market is focusing more on the politics and ignoring some of the warning signs, especially the hike in U.S.
oil production.»
Considering the short - term positive correlation between the
oil price and the S&P 500 Index (see chart below) and the well - known bearish
fundamentals, it's more likely that the
oil market will build a base this year involving a Q1 bottom and one or two successful tests of the bottom.
Yet, despite
market turmoil, the supply versus demand
fundamentals for
oil continue to be very bullish.
Following the media spectacle, the
oil markets may have to shift their attention back to the supply and demand
fundamentals, which are not reassuring.
Sector
fundamentals like gold /
oil and gold / materials ratios are not good and macro
fundamentals like gold vs. stock
markets, the economy (which is relatively strong) and the yield curve are not at all supportive either... as they currently stand.
2016, which I believe may have been the bear
market low, bottomed in January and then impulsively worked its way upward until the over-hyped sector fell apart as its
fundamentals degraded (in this post we used the gold /
oil ratio as just one example).
While we believe that current energy
market fundamentals justify an
oil price of $ 50 or above, we also note that productivity gains in US shale fields have increased the elasticity of supply from these critical swing producers, a factor that could cap any significant price appreciation.
«To the point where competition among the
Oil Marketing Companies remains high, market price for both Brent crude and refined oil dropping in average price terms, added to the appreciation of the Cedi against the U.S. dollar, and increasing national fuel stock; the Institute for Energy Security (IES) believe that there is enough positive momentum and fundamental justification to move the prices of Petrol and Diesel lower on the local market,» IES said in a release signed by Gilbert Richmond Rockson, Principal Research Analy
Oil Marketing Companies remains high,
market price for both Brent crude and refined
oil dropping in average price terms, added to the appreciation of the Cedi against the U.S. dollar, and increasing national fuel stock; the Institute for Energy Security (IES) believe that there is enough positive momentum and fundamental justification to move the prices of Petrol and Diesel lower on the local market,» IES said in a release signed by Gilbert Richmond Rockson, Principal Research Analy
oil dropping in average price terms, added to the appreciation of the Cedi against the U.S. dollar, and increasing national fuel stock; the Institute for Energy Security (IES) believe that there is enough positive momentum and
fundamental justification to move the prices of Petrol and Diesel lower on the local
market,» IES said in a release signed by Gilbert Richmond Rockson, Principal Research Analyst.
Guided by the
fundamental indicators such as rise in price of Gasoline, Gasoil and Brent crude on the international
oil market, the country's fuel stock as well as the fair - stability of the country's local currency against the U.S. Dollar; the Institute for Energy Security (IES) sees fuel prices primed to rise again on the local
market by up to 2.5 %.
We trust that all
Oil Marketing Companies would ensure that the
fundamentals guide them in their pricing for the next window which opens on 16th June 2016.
This uncertainty, coupled with a glut of
oil supply in global
markets, has kept energy industry - dependent office
markets such as Houston on the sidelines during the current surge in nationwide office
fundamentals, Rutherford says.
Now, adding fuel to the fire, while investors expected OPEC to stabilize
markets, as usual, the cartel announced after its November meeting that it would not cut supply to support prices and the Saudi
oil minister stated there would be no intervention in
oil markets even if prices dropped to $ 20 a barrel — at which point animal spirits and hedge funds betting on continued
oil price increases wrested control from supply / demand
fundamentals.