Saturday Night Quarterback (on Memorial Day) says, For the week ahead expect…

May 28, 2018 | Daily JAM | 8 comments

I expect the slide in oil prices to continue as speculation runs amok ahead of the June 22 OPEC meeting on production limits. This past week has seen oil give back just about all of its earlier recent gains. From May 21 through May 28 the futures contract for U.S. benchmark West Texas Intermediate for July delivery dropped 8.1% to $66.36 a barrel. From May 23 to May 28 the futures contract for international benchmark Brent crude for July delivery fell 5.7% to $75.22 a barrel.