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Investing In Oil Stocks With FOREXYARD

A FOREXYARD special report - Investing In Oil Stocks With Crude Oil a dominant factor in the increasingly volatile global markets lately, as the commodity makes historic climbs toward $150 a barrel. It is important for traders and investors investing in oil to understand the causes involved in the changing oil prices and how they correlate with today's economy. We must identify the indicators that go into defining price levels and how economic, political and environmental news events affect actual prices.

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Oil breaking the $140 barrier

Oil has been traded over the last several days at record highs of just over $146 per barrel and at lows of just under $140. These prices are at a near 100% premium as compared to the same point last year, when oil was traded for just above $60 per barrel. Movement in price is largely due to the growing demand for the commodity in comparison with its dwindling supply. Developing economic powers like China and India have greatly increased intake as their respective industrial sectors continue to blossom. The International Energy Agency (IEA) released a report Wednesday which stated that the growth of the aforementioned nations will increase the world's oil demands by more than 50% by 2030.

When discussing demand it is imperative to touch upon the issue of supply, as prices have suffered from the continuing depletion of the world's oil reserves. In another report released this week by the IEA, supply numbers fell less that initially expected but could not prevent Oil prices from rising.

Political factors

As economic indicators are essential in determining any commodity price, it is the role of political events on prices that makes Crude Oil unique. With the lion's share of oil reserves coming from the Middle East, the ongoing conflicts in the region have contributed greatly to the volatile rise of oil. In the greater global picture, rising political tensions between Iran, and to a lesser degree Venezuela (both of which have considerable reserves of crude) may push the price per barrel to a new record high. If for whatever reason potential political turmoil is avoided, the likelihood of a drop in prices is to be expected.

Political events are what make Oil an attractive investment for novice and intermediate level investors as a deep knowledge of economic indicators is not crucial.

Environmental factors

Another pertinent factor in determining the movement of oil prices, are environmental events. Such events are arguably the most important factors as oil is in its most basic form is a natural resource. The growing change in world climate, coupled with the deflating oil reserves will continue to be a significant factor in oil prices.

The effect of oil prices on the Forex market is huge, as it correlates heavily to the behavior of the major currencies traded on a daily basis. As winter approaches, Crude Oil looks to be a lucrative commodity to keep an eye on, as is indicative by the trending price line towards levels in and around $150 per barrel.

Trading Oil with FOREXYARD

In line with growing demand, FOREXYARD offers Oil trading to its clients, as well as spot gold and silver. These items are traded in much the same way as foreign currency pairs are traded over the standard FOREXYARD platform (no extra downloads needed), however due to the minimum lot sizes involved, you must hold a Standard account. Trades are executed against the dollar and as with currencies, we offer our clients highly competitive spreads and margins. Due to the nature of trading such items, you will notice a number of small differences including market hours as well as denomination and minimum contract sizes.

Investing In Oil

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