Wednesday, May 27, 2020

We're Not Out Of The Woods Yet -- May 27, 2020

API weekly crude oil inventory data:
  • expectations: a draw of 2.5 million bbls
  • actual: a whopping inventory build of almost 9 million bbls
  • EIA data will be out tomorrow
Chevron announces job cuts of up to 15% -- Bloomberg;

Russia plans to start easing oil production cuts after the end of June --Bloomberg;
 
Europe's gas glut could hit global LNG market hard -- op-ed over at oilprice.com;

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On The Other Hand

Crude oil, Morgan Stanley, link here:
  • global demand to get back to 97 million bopd by the end of the year
  • forecasts $40 oil by the end of the year
  • would be good for US shale; won't do a thing for Saudi;
Ukraine okays US LNG, Reuters, link here.

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Dam Failure in Michigan

Link here.

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Futures

Despite all that bad news (and maybe a little bit of good news), major market indices are surprisingly good.

At the moment, 9:56 p.m. CT, May 27, 2020:
  • Dow: up almost 200 points
  • NASDAQ: up 15 points
  • S&P: up 11 points
All this after several great days for the market. 

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