(Travis’s Note: This article was originally published on May 14th, 2018, and is being republished on October 28th, 2018, to add to the archives).
- The snapshot below shows my 7/18/2016 oil price forecast.
- How it helped.
- How it hurt.
One of my long-time members of The Contrarian, a friendly fellow from New Zealand, bookmarked my July 18th, 2016 oil price (USO) forecast, and posted it to our forum several days ago. Here is the snapshot of the oil forecast below, with the forecast highlighted in yellow.
Ultimately, knowing the “macro”, and getting it right, is usually helpful, however, in this case, it has been very painful, at least in the short-run.
Why is that?
Well, despite a near tripling of oil prices from their 2016 lows, there has been a dramatic divergence in energy equities (XOP), (XLE), (OIH), particularly the energy equities that should benefit the most from higher oil prices.
This has created a huge opportunity right now, IMO.
Hopefully, many can take advantage of this divergence, which is just starting to get resolved,
WTK
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