Crude oil futures are a type of financial instrument that allows investors to speculate on the future price of crude oil. As a leveraged instrument, crude oil futures are highly attractive to traders who want to capitalize on movements in the price of oil, without having to actually purchase any physical barrels of oil. If…
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Factors that can Affect the International Oil Price in the Long Term
Crude Oil Price Forecast. While oil prices are more volatile in the short term, what has been happening for the past few decades is oil prices have averaged a significantly higher price than at any time before. The reason for this is the long-term decline of international supply has led to an increase in demand…
Concerns about Oil Supply are Growing
Iran nuclear talks and EU embargo on Russian oil fuel oil supply concerns The price of oil is moving higher in international markets today, as talks on Iran’s nuclear program face obstacles while an embargo on Russian oil draws closer by the day.These two reasons are further reducing the supply of black gold which is…
Commodities: What you need to know
Start Trading Commodities on Etoro Introducing Wondering about commodities? Thinking of investing, but not sure where to start? Don’t worry, we’ve got everything you need to know right here. When you invest in a company, if its stock goes up, you are happy, and if it goes down, you are not. But investing in commodities…