Why Obama likes the Arab oil attack

The oil boom in America is under attack!

Yes, the Muslims are trying to put American oil out of business, and I am talking about America’s president.

Obama can say what he wants, but if he kills America’s oil business, then he makes it better for the Arabs.

Admittedly, I LOVE filling up for less than $100. It hasn’t happened since Obama took over. But the price drop is not because of increased production, better technology, etc. It’s because the Saudis are at war with America’s oil industry.

This is dangerous, because if the Arabs can derail our progress in fracking, they can set us back a few years, thus creating BIG profits for OPEC down the road.

Consider that Obama attacked the Chinese for bringing over cheaper solar technology than even Obama crony capitalist could manufacture with subsidies. Yet he has done nothing to attack the Arabs.

That, and I’ve still never seen the dude eat pork, and I THINK you see the clues.

 

There has only been one other time in history when the price of oil has crashed by more than 40 dollars in less than 6 months.  The last time this happened was during the second half of 2008, and the beginning of that oil price crash preceded the great financial collapse that happened later that year by several months.  Well, now it is happening again, but this time the stakes are even higher.  When the price of oil falls dramatically, that is a sign that economic activity is slowing down.  It can also have a tremendously destabilizing affect on financial markets.  As you will read about below, energy companies now account for approximately 20 percent of the junk bond market.  And a junk bond implosion is usually a signal that a major stock market crash is on the way.  So if you are looking for a “canary in the coal mine”, keep your eye on the performance of energy junk bonds.  If they begin to collapse, that is a sign that all hell is about to break loose on Wall Street.

It would be difficult to overstate the importance of the shale oil boom to the U.S. economy.  Thanks to this boom, the United States has become the largest oil producer on the entire planet.

Yes, the U.S. now actually produces more oil than either Saudi Arabia or Russia.  This “revolution” has resulted in the creation of  millions of jobs since the last recession, and it has been one of the key factors that has kept the percentage of Americans that are employed fairly stable.

Unfortunately, the shale oil boom is coming to an abrupt end.  As a recent Vox article discussed, OPEC has essentially declared a price war on U.S. shale oil producers…

For all intents and purposes, OPEC is now engaged in a “price war” with the United States. What that means is that it’s very cheap to pump oil out of places like Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. But it’s more expensive to extract oil from shale formations in places like Texas and North Dakota. So as the price of oil keeps falling, some US producers may become unprofitable and go out of business. The result? Oil prices will stabilize and OPEC maintains its market share.

If the price of oil stays at this level or continues falling, we will see a significant number of U.S. shale oil companies go out of business and large numbers of jobs will be lost.  The Saudis know how to play hardball, and they are absolutely ruthless.  In fact, we have seen this kind of scenario happen before

 

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