Founder & CEO. Oil markets macro-analysis., Vanda Insights

Vandana Hari

Founder of Vanda Insights, a Singapore-based provider of analysis and briefings on the oil markets. Former Asia Editorial Director at S&P Global Platts, the topmost price reporting agency on global energy commodities markets. 25 years of experience reporting, researching and analysing energy markets. Focus on connecting the dots between supply-demand fundamentals, geopolitics, economics, financial markets and demographics to present the big-picture view on oil, with a focus on factors influencing prices. Experienced in oil price discovery in the physical and derivatives markets. Aim to provide insights and analysis in a clear and succinct manner. Available for bespoke research, analysis and market briefings on the markets.

Founder & CEO. Oil markets macro-analysis.

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Vanda Insights is a Singapore-based boutique provider of intelligence on the global energy markets, launched in September 2016. The venture was born out of a desire to extract the signal from the noise in the complex and often volatile oil markets. Our succinct and clear macro analysis is relied upon by thousands of readers globally, including those doing business directly or indirectly in the physical commodity and derivatives markets; wealth managers; governments, regulatory bodies and think-tanks; as well as trade organizations and educational institutions.

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The stock price of  <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/united-states-oil-fund-lp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:174:1" rel="noopener">United States Oil Fund Lp (USO US)</a>, an ETF that bets on a rise in WTI crude futures prices, has been hammered over the past weeks. Year-to-date, its returns are -81%. And yet, the fund has attracted record inflows, running into billions of dollars. 
The more WTI tanked, the more investors bet on a big price rebound and the more wrong they turned out to be. 
And now, the USO may be unwittingly colluding with market fundamentals to clobber WTI prices further. 
Should you be investing in the USO or any other long-crude oil ETP? Or should you look at short-crude oil ETPs? We analyse and offer our views.

The stock price of  United States Oil Fund Lp (USO US), an ETF that bets on a rise in WTI crude futures prices, has been hammered over the past weeks. Year-to-date, its returns are -81%. And yet, the fund has attracted record inflows, running into billions of dollars. 
The more WTI tanked, the more investors bet on a big price rebound and the more wrong they turned out to be. 
And now, the USO may be unwittingly colluding with market fundamentals to clobber WTI prices further. 
Should you be investing in the USO or any other long-crude oil ETP? Or should you look at short-crude oil ETPs? We analyse and offer our views.

石油ETF：無駄な投資はやめよう

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石油ETF：無駄な投資はやめよう