As the price of WTI crude oil was down near 2 percent in early morning, and stock prices were diverging, up near two percent on the day, research last week from JPMorgan points to increasing oil demand. Oil and stocks move in different directions while JPMorgan sees increased demand While oil and stocks typically don’t correlate with one another, oil is often considered a barometer of economic strength. Some traders use oil as an advanced signal regarding the stock market. When oil fades in price, signaling potential economic weakness ahead, a stock market downdraft might follow. This occurred during the…
JPMorgan Sees Increased Oil Demand For Remainder Of 2015
Mark Melin
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.
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