HSBC Says "Unloved" Oil Headed Higher

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Mark Melin
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As the price of oil plunged 8 percent yesterday and is down another 4 percent today, correcting after a three-day climb of 27 percent, the largest move higher in 25 years, leaving algorithmic market observers to wonder as to the performance driver of the move, an HSBC report challenges sellers. Not only does the report consider oil, but its impact on equity prices and a corollary link to a changing face of the energy sector is at play. HSBC: Oil price plunge created $2.2 trillion wealth transfer, as “most unloved” sector might now be a buy Tuesday’s report, titled “The…

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Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.