Odd Lots: Rory Johnston on Why Oil Didn’t Hit $200 (Podcast)
The Strait of Hormuz has (mostly) re-opened! Crude prices are still up since the start of the war with Iran, but popular predictions earlier this year of $200-a-barrel Brent didn’t pan out.
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