Let's see. Iran was earning $50 billion per year before the war from oil exports, and under a blanket of sanctions. Now its $100 billion per year sanctions free. Also, the $2 million per ship through Hormuz will generate up to a $90 billion per year of fee income under normal traffic. So what was $50 billion per year of dark money is potentially $150 billion of greenbacks and yuan. Looks like the mullahs have been reading "The Art of the Deal", too.
There's a lot of confusion out there, including with Trump, that the US has lots of oil to sell to the world.
We do not. We're a net importer of crude (~+3 Mb/d). The EIA reports that fact in great detail every week.
The confusion stems from using the term "petroleum exports" which includes the bodacious amounts of natural gas liquids (NGL) that come from our wet gas plays. That stuff isn't "oil" and it is exported because it's wildly overproduced compared to our needs.
Yes, the US is a net exporter of "petroleum," but it's also a net IMPORTER of crude oil. In other words, the US has none to sell.
There's more complexity to why we export 3M b/d of crude (it's the wrong kind for our refineries) and also import 6.4 M b/d of crude (which is the right kind).
TSMC, SK Hynix and Samsung: AI capex meme unwind.
Rising LNG costs to affect East Asian manufacturing and fabs.
Meanwhile look for feedback effects on Asian investor sentiment, which is likely to weigh on structured product issuance and hence dealer flows in developed markets.
Structural vol up a likely result.
George, in my formative years (1975 - 1979) I had near 100% DD that wiped out accounts. From 1979 through 2008 I had multiple 30%-plus DDs with an occasional 50% DD (daily MTM). I got really tough on losses starting in 2014 and have routine 5-10% DDs (MTM weekly) but nothing more.
This is Wild.
Deutsche Bank has developed an index that helps to predict the next TACO by Trump.
It has proven effective in previous big Trump pivots.
The "Pressure index" combines one-month change in approval ratings, one-year inflation expectations and performance of the S&P 500 & t-bill yields.
The higher it goes, the greater the chances of 🌮
Its not so much about the level as the movement around the level. The jpm quarterly collar works like kryptonite in both directions. Repels from above and repels from below, if market is to fall below it.
@VolSignals described it like inverse polarity on magnets which is right on.
I highly encourage you to watch this video
https://t.co/KYkFtVn7WW
“You declared war on the country with control over the world’s most sensitive chokepoint?”
“That’s right, Dave”
“And you didn’t have a plan for when they closed that chokepoint?”
“That’s correct, Dave”
5 minutes before Trump’s announcement:
* $1.5B notional worth of S&P500 (ES) futures are bought in a single clip.
* $192M notional of oil futures (CL) sold.
More than 4x-6x any other trade size during the market close.
Insiders profited from his lies in broad daylight!
10 year yield breaks 4.40% tonight.
Here’s a 1 month chart. This is almost as catastrophic as higher oil prices.
Consumers borrowing money is going to crater. Lending/mortgage rates will soar. Goodnight housing market, autos, and commercial real estate.
Disaster.