The key oil market that has led the major stock market crashes since 1987 is closing in on its dangerous position.
Crude’s 12-month recovery (ROC) is now at 91%. Experts say that every time this metric breaks 100%, a market crash follows.
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Expert and entrepreneur Jack Prandelli has said that this model takes about four decades. In 1987, 1990, the dot-com boom, the 2008 financial crisis, and the 2022 bear market, the 12-month ROC crossed the 100% line.
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A current reading of 91% leaves a narrow 9-point buffer, which can be quickly erased as power surges build. Oil prices it has gone up since then The US-Israeli strike on Iran began on February 28, disrupting energy markets and encouraging economic decline fear.
“When oil moves this fast, the economy collapses. Will this time be different? History says no,” Prandelli said.
Nick Colas, co-founder of DataTrek Research, has previously said that when oil prices double within a 12-month window, it could be a warning sign that a recession could follow.
“A rule of thumb I learned in the auto industry in the 1990s is that if oil prices go up 100% in one year, expect a recession,” he said. he said.
Meanwhile, an oil crisis that could push oil beyond that limit may already be underway. Tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, which carried about 20% of the world’s oil before the war, has stopped.
US President Trump issued a new ruling. He threatened to strike with Iranian weapons if the crisis was not reopened on Tuesday. Iranian officials, however, to say the waterway will remain closed until the war recovery is addressed.
On Monday, Brent crude rose above $111 per barrel, up 1.9%. West Texas Intermediate was near $112 in Asian trading hours. With prices rising, the question can no longer be whether the model holds. It’s like the trigger is pulling.
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