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11/23/2009
Gold leads the way for oilCurrent record high gold price increase is giving an early warning of higher inflation. Some investors see commodities and especially gold as a safe haven when inflation expectations go higher. Oil prices will follow inflation up when fundamentals improve.
“The refining sector and distillate inventories are out of balance with normal market conditions”, says Thorbjorn Bak Jensen, Oil Market Analyst in Global Risk Management in his latest Quarterly Outlook on the oil market.
Global Risk Management has revised its oil price forecast up and sees moderate oil prices in mid 2010 as fundamentals begin to firm with growth expectations. As OPEC spare capacity lowers on lack of investments and recovery takes hold – oil prices will go through the $100 barrier. You can read and download the report on our website:
Global Risk Management is a leading provider of customised hedging solutions for the management of price risk on fuel expenses. Combining in-depth knowledge of the oil market, finance and transport, Global helps clients protect their margins from the risk posed by notoriously volatile fuel prices. Global Risk Management is part of the United Shipping and Trading Company (USTC), one of Denmark’s largest companies. Employing over 750 people, USTC had an annual turnover exceeding $7.1 billion in 2008/09, and equity of more than $128 million.
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