Brent Crude

Long/short is a popular strategy in the hedge fund community and one made accessible to investors of all stripes by the exchange-traded funds industry. Typically, long/short ETFs are equity-based, but investors can now take both sides of the commodities trade with the First Trust Alternative...

To say the United States Oil Fund LP (ETF) (NYSE: USO), which tracks West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures, is a flawed product is accurate and fair. Over the past three years, USO is down 77.1 percent, but the exchange-traded product remains a favorite, on both sides of the oil trade, of...

2015 has been a difficult year for oil investors and companies, as crude prices plummeted and supplies far outweighed demand. Several different factors have weighed on oil over the past year, all of which have kept the market from rebounding. The global economy has been a major contributor to...

Brent crude was trading 32 cents lower at $64.79 a barrel at 11:00 GMT, while U.S. light crude was lower by 53 cents at $60.24. The move lower is being attributed to reports that Saudi Arabia is believed to be in talks with Indian buyers to supply additional crude. Reuters noted that the talks...

The deadline on a nuclear agreement with Iran is March 31, with any announced deal becoming a short-term negative for oil prices, according to Morgan Stanley. The opposite would produce the opposite result, though Morgan Stanley sees a deal as increasingly likely based on press reports and the...