| About a decade ago, Goldman Sachs’ Arjun Murti suggested an oil “superspike” might send prices to $105 a barrel. There were two primary reactions to this analysis, first, that Goldman was just marketing its commodity indices, and second, that he/they were crazy. The former view probably continues to be held by some, the latter, not so much.
Murti’s later prediction that oil might hit $200 didn’t prove out, but the $105/barrel prognostication certainly held up. What many overlooked at the time of the initial $105/barrel prediction was that it reflected an estimate of how prices might respond to an oil supply disruption. As such, it was much more reasonable than the predictions of peak oilers like Matthew Simmons or T. Boone Pickens, who thought prices were on a permanent upwards trend because of geological scarcity...............................................Full Article: Source
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