04/04/2025 09:27

Brent Crude Oil ($US/barrel)

Trump wants and needs oil prices lower to avoid escalating inflation taking hold as tariffs come into play – imagine the Americans who voted for Trump, and those who did not, will be paying a decent premium on many goods in the coming days – we question if they all thought it through.

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04/03/2025 09:16

Brent Crude Oil ($US/barrel)

Oil fell to its lowest close for weeks on Monday, even as a ~1%  fall by the $US pushed the likes of gold and copper higher.

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26/02/2025 09:34

Brent Crude Oil ($US/barrel)

Oil fell more than 2% overnight, registering fresh lows for 2025 after US consumer confidence fell the most since 2021 due to broad concerns about the US economy, which weighed on perceived future demand for oil.

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24/02/2025 09:43

Brent Crude Oil ($US/barrel)

Oil fell to its lowest close for weeks on Friday, undoubtedly making President Trump happy, who is angling for a weaker oil price to offset some of the inflationary pressure from his tariffs.

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02/09/2024 09:33

Commodities

Last week, Libya confirmed significant disruptions in its oil output, and the Energy Information Administration (EIA) announced crude oil storage is at an eight-month low. Crude oil is theoretically enjoying tailwinds, with Middle East tensions remaining elevated. However, fears of a global economic slowdown continue to weigh heavily on oil prices, something equities are more relaxed about. At MM, we are never comfortable with a market that cannot rally on supportive news.

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13/02/2024 09:26

Can the Oil Sector live up to its “cheap” label

Crude oil has been supported by major geo-political events since COVID, but it's not delivered an overly exciting performance from the ASX oil & gas names – uranium has been the big winner in the Energy Sector. The supply and demand fundamentals continue to concern some analysts as record U.S. production combined with a weak Chinese economy creates risks of oversupply, potentially offsetting tensions in the Middle East and the Russia/Ukraine war. Brent crude is trading around its average level of the last five years, albeit with some volatile spikes in both directions.

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04/04/2023 09:31

Global Markets

US stocks rallied again overnight with the Energy Sector up almost 5% driving the Dows +327 point gain. We feel the upside bounce by stocks is slowing maturing and the press/pundits will start to quote “sell in May & go away” over the coming weeks, certainly the most comfortable option for investors after the recent uncertainty around the banking crisis.

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29/03/2023 09:25

BetaShares Crude Oil ETF (OOO) $5.04

As discussed over recent reports we believe the downside move by crude oil is maturing fast and subsequently the risk/reward is improving for the buyers. At this stage we see no reason to fight the downtrend but we are keen on dips into lows – a potential switch vehicle from our US tech exposure through April. • We like the BetaShares Crude Oil ETF (OO) into dips under 4.50.

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08/02/2023 09:14

Crude Oil

Crude oil has already shrugged off the implications of Friday’s surprisingly strong Jobs Report implying that similar to stocks the path of least resistance is currently on the upside i.e. the $US80-$US95 trading range remains in control.

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23/01/2023 08:57

Commodities

MM still believes that commodities look great through 2023/24 and while the $US fails to find any love, even after its 11% pullback over the last 5 months, the short-term pullback we’ve been expecting has proved elusive.

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