UAE Just Cracked the Petrodollar
The UAE’s central bank told the US Treasury it may sell oil in non-USD currencies. Here’s why long-duration USTs are the trade and gold miners the hedge.
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The UAE’s central bank told the US Treasury it may sell oil in non-USD currencies. Here’s why long-duration USTs are the trade and gold miners the hedge.

Shell's $16.4B ARC deal adds 370,000 boe/d outside Hormuz. If Qatar LNG stays constrained into June, Canadian gas becomes strategic insurance.

Norway's crude exports hit a record high in March as BIFs — UK, Italy, France — are Europe's new sovereign debt whipping boys. Same war, opposite balance sheets. Here's the divergence trade.

Fed officials flagged two-sided Iran war risks after March: sticky energy inflation and weaker growth can coexist. Here is the rate-pricing trigger to watch before the next CPI.

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Traders modelling Gulf disruption price oil and LNG. Almost none price helium. That's a mistake — here's the supply chain risk most risk models are still missing.

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