Less than two months ago, analysts were talking about $100 a barrel oil prices; that now seems like a distant reality.

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    2 years ago

    Lol all those anal-ists, with their ruler making projections in straight line

    I bet now they forecasting oil at 30$

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      2 years ago

      tbf, the actual analysts usually have much more complex models. It’s the people who are explaining the analysts’ work that leave all that out, probably because americans tend to have the attention span of a rabid barn swallow, so you don’t want to bore them with too much detail.