The U.S. national average for gasoline hit $5 per gallon last week, the highest ever. Brent crude is trading at $120 per barrel and is unlikely to subside much further as China comes back in full force. And according to the UAE’s Energy Minister, we haven’t even reached the peak—or anywhere near it.
“I’ve never seen this combination of circumstances in my career over the last 50 years,” Gary Ross, manager at Black Gold Investors, a hedge fund, told Bloomberg last week. “The world has very little spare capacity, the economy is strong outside of China, China is now coming back and we’re in the midst of a global oil interruption.”
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