Here’s what could happen now that the oil bubble has burst

machineReuters Staff

  • There has been an oil bubble, and it bursted. 
  • Bulls will be bulls, but the oil market won’t get hot soon. 

Those analysts who warned that oil prices can’t go on rising forever now have the chance to tell everyone else “I told you so.” Brent and WTI have fallen by 9 percent since the highs they hit in late January, with the international benchmark slumping to US$ 64.42 today in midday Asian trade, and West Texas Intermediate falling to US$ 60.61 a barrel.

The problem with bubbles is that they are so irresistibly shiny while they expand, but sooner or later every bubble pops. Sometimes the bang can be deafening, which is what happened four years ago. This time it was quite loud, too.

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