American Oil Is Underhedged and Heavily Exposed

Hedging is a popular trading strategy frequently used by oil and gas producers, airlines and other heavy consumers of energy commodities to protect themselves against market fluctuations. During times of falling crude prices, oil producers normally use a short hedge to lock in oil prices if they believe prices are likely to go even lower in the future. With oil and gas prices hitting multi-year highs after Russia invaded Ukraine, producers that typically lock up prices preferred to hedge only lightly, or not at all, to avoid leaving money on the…Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei OilPrice.com Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei OilPrice.com