Victor Shum
Victor Shum
concern driving market situation
What's driving the market right now is geo-political concerns. One concern is the situation in Nigeria.
driving iran main nigeria
Nigeria and Iran are the main driving concerns.
below dollar driving dropping felt level market prices reason
There is no fundamental reason driving prices back up. Market participants felt that the 60 dollar level is an important mark and dropping below 60 is too much of a fall.
driving market
What is driving the market are two issues.
approach continue decline driving gasoline inventory issue last market report stock summer
Gasoline inventories in the U.S. continue to be an issue in the market because last week's inventory report showed a stock decline as we approach the summer driving season.
concerned continuing crude draw driving gasoline inventory late market peak season starts stock summer
Crude inventory went up and the market is concerned about the continuing gasoline stock draw in the US market and the peak summer driving season that starts in late May.
driving factor fear market
It's the geopolitical fear factor that's driving the market now,
driving focus gets last possible season summer traders
It's possible that as the summer driving season gets closer, just like last year, traders will focus more and more on products.
crude cut fears iranian market reacting supply
This reduces fears about an Iranian crude supply cut and the market is just reacting to that.
above events hit level middle prices settled
With all these events in the Middle East, prices hit the psychological level of 70 (dollars) and settled above it.
besides demand driven emotional iranian momentum prices supply
Besides the fundamental supply and demand information, prices are driven by the emotional momentum of the Iranian issue.
available capacity crude good
Even if there's available crude for release, if there's no refining capacity that they can use, what good is that?
council disruption issue near security supply takes term traders
Between now and when the U.N. Security Council actually takes up the issue there will be some saber-rattling, but in the near term traders know there won't be any disruption to supply from it.
asset banks leverage physical trading
At the end of the day, physical asset acquisition is going to give banks more leverage over their trading positions.