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Oil prices cooling as Kuwait bypasses war bottlenecks — fade the energy spike

Despite ongoing tensions in the Middle East, Kuwait is offering oil to Asia again, signaling that global oil flows might be stabilizing. This is pushing oil prices down from their recent highs.

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The Strait of Hormuz has been a massive bottleneck keeping oil prices artificially high due to war fears. Kuwait breaking ranks to sell directly to Asia shows that producers are finding workarounds to get oil to market. As more oil floods the system, the recent price spikes driven by war panic are likely to deflate. Betting on oil prices coming down is a smart contrarian play as geopolitical fears start to fade into actual supply increases.

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CVXUSOXLEH4#macro#energy#mean_reversion

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