Citigroup Backs Commodities for ‘17 in ‘Especially Bullish’ Call
- Oil market ‘setting the stage for a bullish end to the decade’
- Impact from supply cuts starting to show, bank analysts write
Oil Trades Near Two-Month Low
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Forget Brexit, go for raw materials. Citigroup Inc. says that it’s bullish on commodities including oil in 2017 as the impact of the U.K.’s vote to quit the European Union fades away, global growth chugs along and with markets rebalancing investors plow more cash into funds.
“Citi is especially bullish commodities for 2017,” analysts led by Ed Morse wrote in an note received on Monday, two months after the New York-based bank said that raw materials’ markets had turned the corner. “The oil market is treading water for now, but the oil price overshot to the downside earlier this year and this is clearly setting the stage for a bullish end to the decade.”