88E (ASX) Oil over $50/bbl

Originally posted by excitable2 ↑

An article from CNBC (pre-Brexit).

Hard to know who to believe really, you or M Wittner

Oil prices declined last week when the polls had shown the Leave campaign in the lead. With markets on tenterhooks, Michael Wittner, global head of Oil Market Research and head of U.S. Commodities Research at Societe Generale noted that risk aversion in oil markets was heightened ahead of the vote.
"In recent weeks, markets have been concerned about negative interest rate policies in various countries, and a seemingly fragile global economy. However, last week, the focus on Thursday's U.K. referendum on EU membership intensified. This has contributed to – and perhaps driven – overall risk-aversion in recent days, which has definitely weighed on the global oil complex," Michael Wittner said in a note on Monday.
"If there is a Brexit, the negative pressure on oil prices would be driven by risk aversion, not fundamentals," he added.
"In our view, the dramatic shift from an oversupplied to a balanced market – which is currently taking place – would overwhelm the small fundamental impact of slightly weaker demand due to currency effects. While a Brexit may result in further sentiment-driven price declines at the front of the crude forward curve of around 5 percent (order of magnitude), we would expect any such weakness to be temporary," he said.
While the chance of a Brexit is looking dimmer now than in recent weeks, the polls are still tight and the margin for error is a potential upsetting factor. The result could hinge on voter turnout among older and younger voters who, at a very general level, tend to fall into the leave and remain camps, respectively.
While the outcome of a Brexit is largely unknown, given that it would be an unprecedented event for Britain and the EU, Wittner said that oil markets would react immediately and that it would be difficult to trade.
"If there is a Brexit … we would expect a further wave of risk-aversion, which would clearly be short-term bearish for crude oil at the front of the forward curve. We have seen such waves several times in recent years, with notable examples of catalysts including developments in China (the equities and currency markets), the euro zone (Greece), and the U.S. (increases to the debt limit)."
"Our view is that Brexit-related risk-aversion is, and will be, no different; this means that it will be difficult to trade, first because the magnitude and duration of the wave(s) are impossible to predict, and second – and perhaps more importantly – it is hard to know how much a Brexit will be priced in by the time voting takes place and results are released."
Oil prices are seeing a nascent recovery as a supply and demand imbalance shows signs of coming to an end. Demand at a global level is predicted to grow while supply weakens, supporting prices after two years of declines. Wittner said that, Brexit or none, "the combination of healthy demand and declining supply should result in a global market that will be roughly balanced in the second half of 2016."
"The long awaited re-balancing has been bullish for oil prices and we expect this to continue next year. While we are cautious near-term (Q3 16 and Q416) due to supply returning from disruptions and still-high stocks, if there is a Brexit, the key takeaway is that the shift from an oversupplied to a balanced market will, in our view, overwhelm the small fundamental impact of slightly weaker demand due to currency effects."
The bottom line? "The negative impact of a Brexit on oil prices would be driven by risk aversion, not fundamentals," Wittner said.

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Come on Ex, what would Michael Wittner, global head of Oil Market Research and head of U.S. Commodities Research at Societe Generale know.

We have our own expert onboard here, you've been told now for 7 months that the July crash is coming.

Better short some oil!

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