Low Price of Oil - Sign of Worry ?
Since July 2024, the price of crude oil has fallen from a high of $88/bbl to the current low of $71/bbl. In a normal economic scenario,...
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Sameer Kalra
- Aug 27
Wars Enter a New Stage of Escalation
During the past few weeks, the ongoing conflicts between Israel-Iran proxies and Russia-Ukraine have reached new escalation. Last weekend...
Sameer Kalra
- Aug 20
Manufacturing Slowdown Started ?
During July, the first hint of a manufacturing slowdown appeared globally. In the past two years, the global economy has witnessed a...
Sameer Kalra
- Jul 30
Crude Oil Price at Critical Level
Since December 2023 crude oil prices have been in a range of $76-$86/bbl and this has resulted in stable energy prices that have led to a...
Sameer Kalra
- Jul 8
Elections,Central Banks & Gold
In the last three years, the world has gone through changes in geopolitics that have not been observed in the previous fifteen years....
Sameer Kalra
- Jun 25
Oil Prices - Upstream or Downstream ?
During the first half of the year, crude oil prices have remained between $80-$85/bbl which has helped the world as energy inflation fell...
Sameer Kalra
- May 7
Worrisome Rise of Commodities
In 2023, S&P Goldman Sachs Commodity Index fell by 12% but within the first court months of 2024, that fall was reversed as the index...
Sameer Kalra
- Apr 15
Commodity,Inflation & The Fed Reserve
Over the weekend two major events took place that might result in higher commodity prices for longer. First was the Israel - Iran...
Sameer Kalra
- Mar 26
Energy Prices Ready for Lift Off ?
Till 15th March, Natural gas and Crude Oil prices were lower or stable compared to the start of the year. But in the past week or so the...
Sameer Kalra
- Mar 11
Silence of Commodities
During the last five months, commodities except a few have seen a stable decline or stagnation. This overall trend has resulted in the...
Sameer Kalra
- Mar 4
Rude Drivers of Crude Oil Price
It has been almost five months that Crude oil prices have been in a price band of $76-82/bbl. During this time there have been some...
Sameer Kalra
- Feb 6
Oil Supply about to get Complicated ?
Are the global crude oil supplies about to get costly again in the months ahead? The conflict in the Red Sea might be on the verge of...
Sameer Kalra
- Dec 11, 2023
Rare Earth Minerals - Common Problem
As the world looks to diversify its risks by depending on one country especially in technology hardware, the biggest issue to resolve is...
Sameer Kalra
- Nov 7, 2023
2024 Year of Insecurities - Food & Energy
It will be a year when the uncertainty levels will be high from the first day itself. There are two conflicts ongoing in global strategic...
Sameer Kalra
- Oct 10, 2023
Crude Shocks For Oil
Within the last eight trading sessions price of Crude oil has fallen to $85/bbl from $95/bbl and is now back near $90/bbl. This level of...
Sameer Kalra
- Sep 4, 2023
Is Commodity Winter Over ?
If the past few weeks are indications of months rahe then it can be said that the fall in commodity prices is now coming to an end. The...
Sameer Kalra
- Jul 24, 2023
Grain Drain - The Coming Pain
Last week Russia officially announced its withdrawal from the Grain Deal that helped safe passage to Ukrainian Food supply to other...
Sameer Kalra
- Jul 11, 2023
Oil Market Chaos - Part II in the Making
It has been almost eight months since the EU prohibited the transport of Russian oil but the price has remained in a stable range of...
Sameer Kalra
- Jun 5, 2023
Oil Tug of War - OPEC vs Speculators
Yesterday post the OPEC+ meeting an announcement was made that the new baseline production will continue in 2024. In addition, Saudi will...
Sameer Kalra
- Apr 3, 2023
OPEC+ Remains The Price Maker
Yesterday OPEC+ announced an additional cut of 1.14 million barrels per day, resulting in crude oil prices increasing by 5%. This cut...
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