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EddyPham's avatar

This is exactly why reading beyond the headline matters. A large inventory build can look bearish until you understand that imports and timing created the number, while the actual market was reacting to supply risk and disruption.

Thank you, Wassim, for consistently making these articles so clear and helping people like me better understand the world markets. You take complicated global forces and explain what the numbers are really telling us. Another excellent lesson.

Robert M. Hamburger's avatar

Agreed. Wassim, speaking to complicated matters in plain speak is a gift.

Robert M. Hamburger's avatar

The headline number and actual story pointed in opposite directions. Another week where knowing the difference was the trade. Thanks for this.