Energy Prospectus

Zerohedge: Cathie Wood Admits Defeat On $12 Bearish Oil Target As Prices Top $120
BY TYLER DURDEN
MONDAY, MAR 07, 2022 - 11:20 AM

Cathie Wood's 2020 bearish oil prediction has backfired, after saying oil would crash again after plunging into negative territory in the early days of the virus pandemic. Here's what she tweeted on July 15, 2020: "Oil demand probably hit a secular peak last year and, thanks to electric vehicles, now is in secular 'decline.' Though ARK has no formal forecast, I believe that oil prices are on their way back to $12, the level reached after the 1973 oil cartel crisis, or lower, now that EVs are taking off."

Since the tweet, oil prices bottomed and haven't looked back. Wood's bearish oil call has been a disaster.

On Monday, WTI Crude Oil prices jumped above $120/bbl, reaching its highest level since 2008, after reports the Biden administration considered curbing Russian crude imports sent shock waves across commodity markets. JPMorgan Chase & Co. wrote in a note Thursday that $185 Brent crude is possible if the Russian supply continues to be disrupted.

After being so wrong for so long, Wood tweeted Monday morning, "I got the supply shock wrong. That said, the accelerated shift toward electric transportation will destroy oil consumption at the margin." < MY TAKE: Cathie Wood is infected with "Wokeness". EV's will have very little impact on demand for oil.

Given the wide dispersion between Wood's bearish oil call and bullish fundamentals for the past year, she appears to have admitted defeat. She, of course, scapegoated the Biden administration's "energy insecurity policies" as to why she got the oil call wrong."

Wood is correct that higher prices "will accelerate demand destruction" as prices become unsustainable for households and businesses in the long term. The good news is that higher oil prices will drive the attractiveness of an electric vehicle over gas or diesel-powered vehicles. However, soaring precious metal prices will make batteries a lot more expensive to produce.

CNBC recently quoted Wood defending her firm's ARKK portfolio, saying she sees "spectacular returns" over the next five years.

So far, those returns are abysmal. Also her "very serious" commodity correction call has yet to play out.

Trading Economics:
"WTI crude futures jumped to above $130 per barrel on Monday, the highest since 2008, before paring gains to around $117 per barrel after US secretary of state Antony Blinken said the US and its allies are considering an embargo of Russian oil in response to the Ukraine invasion. Meanwhile, talks to restore the Iran nuclear deal were mired in uncertainty following Russia’s demand for written US guarantees that sanctions on Russia would not hurt its trade with Iran. China also reportedly made similar demands regarding its trade with Iran, complicating efforts to seal a nuclear deal."

I believe that Team Biden knows that they are going to be hammered when voters find out that Russia is going to benefit from Kerry's "Let's Give Iran $11 billion and a clear path to weapons grade uranium" plan. Iran will send money to Russia when the check from the U.S. clears and they will not abide by the new deal. Iran cannot be trusted.

Agree 1oo per cent

Cathie Wood has been wrong half a year Her fund is down 59 per cent in 2 months and Cramer proclaimed
She trades like a one day newbie, Ouch