SpeareChucker
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They want bases in Cuba too...
... and still we slash at our Navy.
... and still we slash at our Navy.
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They want bases in Cuba too...
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... and still we slash at our Navy.
*chuckle*
The place that first ran out of toilet paper...
(semi-repetitious but it's important to understand)
The U.S. is the world's marginal, high cost, producer of petroleum. That means its production will always be the most vulnerable to any decline in petroleum prices. ExxonMobil and Chevron and BP and Royal Dutch Shell and ConocoPhillips and Total and Occidental and Hess and the rest of the hydrocarbon producers know this and take it into account in their capital budgeting.
Since 2008, U.S. production of petroleum has more than doubled (from less than 5MM BOPD to more than 12MM BOPD).
https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=43015
In fact, it can correctly be said that it is the U.S. that has created this oversupply.
Putin's gambit will succeed in substantially reducing U.S. domestic CAPEX (certainly in the short run, probably in the intermediate term as well).
If you hold a gun to my head and insist that I guess, I suspect that after a period of time during which Russia and OPEC have inflicted enough pain on the U.S. (which means a decline in U.S. production and bankruptcies among U.S. independent producers and oil service providers), they will once again reach an accommodation.
This episode is a repeat of Saudi behavior seen in 2014 and in 1986. Unsurprisingly and quite understandably, the Sauds are unwilling to provide a price umbrella allowing others (Russia and the U.S.) to capture market share and wealth.
"If you've been in the game for fifteen minutes and you don't know who the patsy is— you are."
All true, but the holes are in the ground and the oil is still there. Whoever ends up with the leases will just cap the wells until the price point floats above $50/bbl again (adjusted for inflation). Yes, the independents are going to take it in the shorts but I suspect the Russians are going to feel some pain as well. Considering the logistics and infrastructure the Saudi's not so much.
Get ready for historical stock buybacks to kick in along with mergers and acquisitions.
Ya think?
The stock market is a fool's game for 99% of people who own stocks...
Annual Returns [Source: Vanguard Group and Ibbotson Associates]
* S&P 500 Index
** Intermediate Term Treasury Bond
Year Cash Bonds**Stocks*Inflation
1960 2.7 11.8 0.5 1.5
1961 2.1 1.9 26.9 0.7
1962 2.7 5.6 (8.7) 1.2
1963 3.1 1.6 22.8 1.6
1964 3.5 4.0 16.5 1.2
1965 3.9 1.0 12.5 1.9
1966 4.8 4.7 (10.1) 3.4
1967 4.2 1.0 24.0 3.0
1968 5.2 4.5 11.1 4.7
1969 6.6 (0.7) (8.5) 6.1
1970 6.5 16.9 4.0 5.5
1971 4.4 8.7 14.3 3.4
1972 3.8 5.2 19.0 3.4
1973 6.9 4.6 (14.7) 8.8
1974 8.0 5.7 (26.5) 12.2
1975 5.8 7.8 37.2 7.0
1976 5.1 12.9 23.8 4.8
1977 5.1 1.4 (7.2) 6.8
1978 7.2 3.5 6.6 9.0
1979 10.4 4.1 18.4 13.3
1980 11.2 3.9 32.4 12.4
1981 14.7 9.5 (4.9) 8.9
1982 10.5 29.1 21.4 3.9
1983 8.8 7.4 22.5 3.8
1984 9.9 14.0 6.3 4.0
1985 7.7 20.3 32.2 3.8
1986 6.2 15.1 18.5 1.1
1987 5.5 2.9 5.2 4.4
1988 6.4 6.1 16.8 4.4
1989 8.4 13.3 31.5 4.7
1990 7.8 9.7 (3.2) 6.1
1991 5.6 15.5 30.6 3.1
1992 3.5 7.2 7.7 2.9
1993 2.9 11.2 10.0 2.8
1994 3.9 (5.1) 1.3 2.7
1995 5.6 16.8 37.4 2.5
1996 5.2 2.1 23.1 3.3
1997 5.3 8.4 33.4 1.7
1998 4.9 10.2 28.6 1.6
1999 4.7 (1.8) 21.0 2.7
2000 5.9 12.6 (9.1) 3.4
2001 3.8 7.6 (11.9) 1.6
2002 1.7 12.9 (22.1) 2.4
2003 1.0 2.4 28.7 1.9
2004 1.2 2.3 10.9 3.3
2005 3.0 1.4 4.9 3.4
2006 4.8 2.8 15.8 2.5
2007 4.8 10.2 5.5 4.3
2008 2.1 16.8 (37.0) 0.1
2009 0.4 (4.8) 26.5 2.7
2010 0.1 7.6 15.1 1.1
2011 0.1 13.2 2.1 3.0
2012 0.0 3.6 16.0 1.7
2013 0.0 (4.7) 32.4 1.5
2014 0.0 6.4 13.7 0.7
2015 0.0 1.8 1.4 0.7
2016 0.2 1.9 12.0 2.1
2017 0.9 2.2 21.8 2.1
2018 1.8 1.2 (4.4) 1.9
2019 1.6 7.5 31.5 2.3
The 2020 YTD total return for the S&P 500 is -14.83% as of 3/11.
All true, but the holes are in the ground and the oil is still there. Whoever ends up with the leases will just cap the wells until the price point floats above $50/bbl again (adjusted for inflation). Yes, the independents are going to take it in the shorts but I suspect the Russians are going to feel some pain as well. Considering the logistics and infrastructure the Saudi's not so much.
Ya think?
The stock market is a fool's game for 99% of people who own stocks. It's manipulated by a hand full of big players. The recent sell-off was caused by those players and next week you'll see them swoop in and buy up cheap stocks.
In 2009-10 80 million US citizens were infected with the H1N1 (swine fly) virus. 300,00 were hospitalized and over 17,000 died. No panic then............of course the media wasn't trying to panic anyone and every one. What's so different about this virus?