In the spirit of oil always finds a way, it appears through various news agencies that more oil is navigating to market from the geographical Middle East region than at any time since the start of the war. We look at the remarkable shipping workarounds below, but ‘Kpler’, according to ‘Reuters’ estimate exports are now at 80 percent of pre-war levels.
Heads were spinning, and eyes were rolling last week. It was a cumbersome task to follow, minute by minute, the events that shaped the thinking and views of the investment fraternity. Markets were volatile and, at times, even violent. Now that the dust has settled on the developments of a turbulent week, the key takeaways, admittedly and almost obviously arbitrary, are as follows: investors sent a strong message to all involved: end the conflicts; they do no good to anybody.
Predicting price movements is a brave undertaking. Betting on de-escalation, either in the Middle East or Ukraine, ditto. Tension undeniably keeps brewing, and not exactly under the surface.
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