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Oil prices in freefall after Iran peace deal — short energy stocks

The US-Iran peace deal means the Strait of Hormuz — a critical waterway for global oil shipping — will reopen. Because oil can flow freely again, the risk of a supply shortage is gone, causing oil prices to plunge to a three-month low.

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For months, oil prices carried a 'war premium' — an extra cost baked in because of the risk to Middle Eastern oil supplies. With the war halted and tankers moving freely through the Strait of Hormuz again, that premium is evaporating fast. As long as the ceasefire holds, there is significantly more downside pressure on oil and energy companies than upside. We expect oil-related stocks to play catch-up to the lower crude prices over the coming weeks.

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USOXLE1d#energy#macro#mean_reversion

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