Personal Finance & Money Asked by mm24 on January 27, 2021
Is there a way to buy raw oil today and sell it in 1 year time?
I would like to do so from the United Kingdom.
EDIT: I mean buying shares of oil or whatever other form.. I just want to own it “virtually” as the price of oil is low now and I am sure it will rise. Is this called “futures”?
Unless you have the storage and transportation facilities for it, or can come up with the money needed to rent or build those, no -- or not in any significant quantity.
Buying oil futures is essentially an on-paper version of the same bet. Futures prices are already taking into account both expectations about price changes and the fact that there's cash tied up until they come due, but storage costs also adjust to follow those expectations.
Answered by keshlam on January 27, 2021
You can buy the exchange traded fund ETF WTI Crude Oil (CRUD), amongst other ETF products.
http://funds.ft.com/uk/Tearsheet/Summary?s=CRUD:LSE:USD
Note these funds do not 'jump' when the crude oil futures contracts are in contango (e.g. June contract is priced higher than May) and the futures roll-over, as they do monthly. When this happens the ETF continues with no movement. Currently May is $52.85 and June is $54.15 (so in contango). LSE:CRUD is $13.40 and if the crude oil futures rolled-over it would carry straight on at that value. For this reason one should be cautious buying and holding LSE:CRUD longterm.
Answered by Chris Degnen on January 27, 2021
There are many ways of investing either directly or indirectly in oil:
all of these options are ways to invest in an expected change in the price of oil at various degrees of directness and risk profiles. Investing in derivative or derivative-like products such as futures and CFDs is very risky and requires a good degree of sophisticated knowledge to manage.
Answered by MD-Tech on January 27, 2021
The reason the oil price is low today is because demand is low, production cannot be reduced easily, and people have no space to store oil.
So you won’t be able to buy oil today cheap and sell it in a year for lots of money unless you have the ability to store it. Nobody will be willing to sell you oil cheaply without you physically taking it away.
Answered by gnasher729 on January 27, 2021
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