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Oil is experiencing rare oversupply that's threatening to further whipsaw the market and drive prices even lower
There's "no real clarity about what lies ahead, so there's no reason to expect demand to increase o…
Carmen Reinicke
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Traders are using giant supertankers to store 160 million barrels of oil as the coronavirus torpedoes demand
60% more oil is being stored at sea in oil tankers than the previous record high during the 2009 fi…
Saloni Sardana
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Credit Suisse thinks oil prices could fall as the market approaches 'super contango'
That means that the futures price is higher than the current price, so lots of people are entering …
Shane Ferro
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Saudi Arabia may make surprise oil cuts, sending prices soaring and the futures market into backwardation, says a 30-year energy expert
While the market expects some cutbacks, it could go even deeper, says Anas Alhajji.
Laila Maidan
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The stock market just flashed the first sign that investors think the Silicon Valley Bank crisis is over
"If stocks do not make a new low post this crisis, the bears could capitulate," Fundstrat's Tom Lee…
Matthew Fox
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Bitcoin hits a 6-month high as the total crypto market regains $85 billion in value
Crypto investors aren't in the clear yet, as macro conditions remain uncertain and risk appetite hi…
Morgan Chittum
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Cathie Wood isn't buying the first bitcoin futures ETF yet - but is eyeing it 'very carefully'
Cathie Wood is holding off from buying ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF, citing tax implications. "We…
Isabelle Lee
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Bitwise says it won't go ahead with a bitcoin futures ETF because of the high cost and likely underperformance - and says spot ETFs are what people really want
Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan said on Twitter on Wednesday his company had withdrawn its bitcoin futures …
Camomile Shumba
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The debut of the first bitcoin futures ETF drew big demand, but retail investors mostly sat out, research firm says
The overall demand for BITO was likely from a combination of investment advisors, private banking c…
Carla Mozée
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The red-hot new bitcoin ETF could get too big for its own good and warp the futures market, JPMorgan says
"Contango in the BTC futures curve can impose a drag on performance for these funds due to the futu…
Matthew Fox
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Reader mailbag: From M&A and MBAs to Elon Musk and bitcoin, all your questions answered
All your finance-related questions are answered in this wide-ranging reader mailbag that touches on…
Dan DeFrancesco
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Lumber prices have bottomed out, but are likely to stay double the historical average for at least the next 5 years, trader says
Stinson Dean expects lumber to trade above $1000 for potentially the next three to five years. The …
Emily Graffeo
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'Bears are out for blood': Oil plunges 21% to a 2-decade low as coronavirus shatters demand
The WTI price for May delivered had touched as low as $14.47 on Sunday before slightly recovering t…
Saloni Sardana
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Oil briefly flashed a warning signal that shows traders are worrying about oversupply
The Brent crude futures curve momentarily entered full contango, in which each later dated future c…
Gwen Everett
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A key indicator of oil market sentiment has turned negative for the first time in months, as another wave of COVID cases threatens demand
Short-term futures on oil are worth less than long-term contracts as market is in contango. Increas…
Sophie Kiderlin
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Fidelity's spot bitcoin ETF is set to start trading in Canada, while its US fund is still waiting for the SEC's green light
Fidelity Investments is bringing a spot bitcoin exchange traded fund (ETF) to Canada, where it's ex…
Camomile Shumba
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Wisdom from a crypto billionaire, plus a risk-free bitcoin trade that could pay double-digit returns
The definitive collection of the best investing stories Business Insider published during the week …
Joe Ciolli
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Oil is on track for its worst week since the financial crisis amid coronavirus panic, global price war
Over the weekend, a price war erupted between Saudi Arabia and Russia as they failed to reach an ag…
Carmen Reinicke
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Bitcoin hit 2 milestones this week. 2 experts break down why investing in a futures-based crypto ETF isn't smarter than directly buying bitcoin.
"They're better just purchasing bitcoin than to play the futures game at this point," a private equ…
Shalini Nagarajan
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Oil prices continue to tank as storage fears persist, and commodity giant BP warns of a shock 'on a scale never seen before'
"Our industry has been hit by supply and demand shocks on a scale never seen before," Bernard Loone…