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Iran peace deal reopens oil shipping — short the crude dip
A new peace deal between the US and Iran just reopened a critical shipping route for global oil. With oil flowing freely again, the fear of an energy shortage is gone, causing oil prices to drop sharply.
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When a major global supply shock ends, oil prices tend to fall back to where they were before the crisis started. Now that ships are safely passing through the Strait of Hormuz again, the global market is suddenly flooded with supply it was previously missing. This extra oil puts heavy downward pressure on prices, making energy investments unattractive in the short term.
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- Oil Prices Slide On U.S.-Iran Signing, But Fed Rate-Hike Odds Surge — Investor's Business Daily
- Oil Set for Deep Weekly Loss as Hormuz Traffic Starts to Pick Up — Bloomberg