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oil price forcasting
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the oil futures are exactly that.  they are people forecasting the price of oil at a point of time in the future where they are willing to buy oil at that price. that said, do you have evidence of a correlation of price of oil to the shares of oil stocks?  oil companies that are good investments are generally good investments regardless of the cost of oil.  if you did not know about oil futures then you might be best served by consulting an investment professional for some guidance.
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