How the Saudi Oil Attacks Will Impact Crude Prices

Investors on Monday digested news of the massive drone attacks on Saudi Arabian oil infrastructure at Abqaiq and Khurais. Stocks took it pretty well, it has to be said; the Dow slid around 0.27% as an “oil shock” that would’ve sent indexes tumbling hundreds of points 10 or 20 years ago rippled through the broader markets.

Oil, on the other hand, is seeing virtually unprecedented volatility. Prices for crude have jumped by as much as $10 a barrel following the disruption of around half of Saudi Arabia’s daily output. Prices then lurched lower yesterday when Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman suggested oil supply will be back online by the end of September.

As we’ll see in a second, the ground reality is probably more complicated than that, and traders are still deeply conflicted about the big picture.

And in the chaos and conflict roiling the oil markets right now lies a once-in-a-generation opportunity for investors…

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