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Crude Oil - The price is hovering around a key support zone
Crude Oil has been falling steadily lately with analysts citing the peace deals in the Middle East. That looks like noise to me and the majority of the selloff might have been more about the combination of the de-escalation between Israel and Iran, and fears of the Fed opening the door for more tightening as that would be a headwind for demand on a forward looking basis. Yesterday, the Fed decided to keep a neutral stance with strong pushbacks against a rate hike from Fed Chair Powell. Moreover, the US ISM Manufacturing PMI missed slightly with generally positive commentary, so the fears about some big slowdown ... (full story)