Expect oil to stay around US$80-US$100 a barrel: Tahmazian
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It's time everyone gets used to oil trading above US$80 a barrel, according to one prominent Canadian portfolio manager.
It's time everyone gets used to oil trading above US$80 a barrel, according to one prominent Canadian portfolio manager.
Rafi Tahmazian, senior portfolio manager at Canoe Financial, said in an interview that it's time to consider crude trading around US$80 to US$100 a barrel will be the new normal for commodities markets amid a broad demand for energy products.
"I think we should all start to think of our lives in the US$80 to US$100 [a barrel] range right now," Tahmazian said. "A lot of people say the economy's really starting to get hurt at US$125 [a barrel], but we just have to live in a world of higher costs for energy."
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Tahmazian said placing some oil stored in the U.S. reserve could affect prices by a few dollars a barrel, but only in the short-term.
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Global oil prices will continue to rise as the war in the Middle East continues and the Strait of Hormuz remains inaccessible, according to an energy expert.
Global oil prices will continue to rise as the war in the Middle East continues and the Strait of Hormuz remains inaccessible, according to an energy expert.