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Oil's relationship with the macro economic environment

[caption id="attachment_3973" align="alignnone" width="1042"] Price of OILU jumps 34% following news on 50% Saudia Arabian refining capacity destruction by Iranian drones.[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_3974" align="alignnone" width="1060"] At the height of the Oil crash in 2016, USO traded at USD8.33 per share on 2nd August 2016. It has since recovered[/caption]

The price of oil has an positive correlation with likelihood of war and a booming economy. It has a negative correlation with recession and oversupply.

The price of oil did not hit zero even during the height of the oil crash.