saudi arabia started an oil price war with russia. (which they will probbaly lose)
the result is crude oil is plunging,opened down 30% now down 20%
dow futures 1100 lower.
this will probably kill a lot of US jobs as its going to bankrupt a lot of oil companies.
Some oil stocks have been caving for the last month. I thought this might be the Coronavirus, but that really didn’t make sense to that extent, at least no to me.
I suspect some people knew this was coming.
Energy and minerals sector was down over 11% before this Corona PandaMonia started. Before Transportation went in the red, it was the only sector doing so.
I’d be in heaven with $1.79 gas and so would the rest of the economy outside of oil. That’s a rough tradeoff and I’m not advocating for it to be clear, but it’s a fact.
And Trump might break off his romance with Putin lol. And Prince Muhammed for that matter. Neither of them are our friends.
I think regular is sitting around 2.05 here. I’m not impressed by the mileage on E-85, but my combustion chamber is a lot cleaner than it was last year.
Wouldn’t it be nice to shift to alternative energy sources where we were less dependent on actions taken by Putin and MBS. Nah. Let’s drill, baby drill!