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Why UFC fans should be watching oil prices

The easy chase for "oil money" is done. Now it's a race to see who else gets bought out.

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Zach Arnold
Apr 08, 2025
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It was nice and easy for Western wheeler-dealers to play Let’s Make A Deal with Middle Eastern power brokers when crude oil was $120 a barrel three years ago. On Monday, Crude futures ended up at approximately half that price:

As this chart shows, we’re a long way away from COVID-level pricing.

In the covid and post-covid era, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia…

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