Ellen R. Wald, Ph.D.'s Comment & Analysis
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The OPEC+ ministerial monitoring committee (JMMC) met on Tuesday, Nov. 17 but provided no official policy recommendation. The full OPEC and OPEC+ meetings are scheduled for Nov. 30 and the following...
Monday’s news that Pfizer's (NYSE:PFE) coronavirus vaccine may be 90% effective boosted stocks across much of the market. Travel-related businesses saw the most gains, and oil companies also saw...
Here's a warning concerning the U.S. election and markets.Right now, no one knows what will happen, and we may not know for weeks. Although Biden is edging closer to victory, the race is still...
The U.S. presidential election, renewed lockdowns in Europe and other impending news means next week could be critical for determining the direction of the global economy and oil demand.Two major...
Dismal oil demand forecasts have dominated the market recently. OPEC, the EIA, IEA and British oil major BP (NYSE:BP) have all downgraded their expectations for when oil demand will return to 2019...
Early in the week, both Brent and WTI prices fell, but they've since recovered.Since June, both benchmarks have stayed within a tight range—around $40 per barrel—while occasionally...
Every oil company—from super-rich Aramco (SE:2222) in Saudi Arabia to tiny fracking firms in Oklahoma—has been hit hard this year by lower oil prices.In the U.S., as of August, at least 36...
OPEC and its OPEC+ partners plan to hold a virtual meeting on Thursday to discuss cutting oil production in the face of plummeting prices and a growing oversupply. About a month ago, the OPEC+ group...
No one knows how coronavirus will end up influencing the Chinese economy or oil demand.One cause of this uncertainty: Sino society isn't open, and official information is largely controlled by the...
Oil markets began 2020 with some volatility brought on largely by rising geopolitical tensions in the Persian Gulf.
Prices initially seemed indifferent to the political instability and protests in...