{"id":240,"date":"2025-12-10T21:32:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T18:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesilknews.com\/en\/?p=240"},"modified":"2026-01-04T21:58:51","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T18:58:51","slug":"not-falling-out-of-favor-but-overlooked-oil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesilknews.com\/en\/index.php\/2025\/12\/10\/not-falling-out-of-favor-but-overlooked-oil\/","title":{"rendered":"Not Falling Out of Favor, But Overlooked: Oil"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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You look at the markets:
Gold is posing as the \u201csafe haven,\u201d
silver is in a \u201csmall but fast\u201d mood,
NASDAQ is trying to set a new record every day,
Bitcoin soared from 16,000 to 120,000, then said, \u201cI need to work on my character,\u201d and dropped back to 80,000.
It flew high but is now flirting with a bear market\u2014that’s a different story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Everyone is expensive, everyone is trendy, everyone thinks they’re the center of the market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Except for black gold.
Quiet. On the sidelines. Ignored.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But if you take a look at market history, you’ll see this:
Things that no one takes seriously usually end up taking everyone’s wallet seriously one day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Herd Ran, Oil Took Its Time<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Gold went from 1600 to 4400\u2026
Silver went from 17 to 60\u2026
NASDAQ went from 10,000 to 25,000\u2026
Bitcoin skyrocketed from 16,000 to 120,000, then fell back to 80,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s the picture:
Everything in the market sprinted,
except oil, which is sitting on the sidelines, saying, \u201cI’ll wait a bit longer.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are two types of people who see this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One says, \u201cIt’s over.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The other says, \u201cIt might not have even started yet.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The market has repeatedly shown which end brings sorrow and which end brings the \u201cI told you so\u201d moment. Yet everyone keeps making the same mistake, because everyone thinks they’re smarter than the charts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Everyone is shouting, but oil is keeping score<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Normally, tension is oil’s favorite thing.
Let a missile be heard from somewhere, and the price should jump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, the headlines are screaming, but oil is calm:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Iran said \u201cHormuz\u201d \u2192 Oil looked, measured<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Russia-Ukraine war \u2192 Oil did the supply-demand math<\/p>\n\n\n\n

OPEC restricted \u2192 Oil looked at stocks<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So oil isn’t freaking out.
Oil is doing the math.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The most dangerous instrument isn’t the one that shouts, but the one that stays quiet and does the math.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

COVID: The Day Oil Went Down in History with its Transportation Bill<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

2020, COVID, the world locked down\u2026
And oil saw negative prices for the first time in history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What was the reason?
There was oil, there were buyers, there were sellers\u2026
But there was nowhere to transport it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The oil itself was free,
but the cost of transporting it was horrendous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And Then\u2026 It Reached $140 in 2022<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Money was printed.
Liquidity flowed.
Stock markets soared, metals shone, crypto put on a show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oil lagged behind.
But in 2022, it hit $140 and slammed its fist on the table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just then, another scene was set:
\u201cGreen energy is coming.\u201d
\u201cThe electric age has begun.\u201d
\u201cThe oil era is ending.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oil listened to these talks, looked at the price board, and kept rising.
Because the market runs on demand, not slogans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, the Stage is Full, Oil is Backstage<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Gold is trending.
Silver is trending.
Platinum and palladium are strong.
American companies are on stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where is oil?
Backstage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not a favorite.
Not on the agenda.
Not anyone’s story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But there is this bitter truth in the market:
Everyone applauds those on stage; no one talks about who will play the real role before the curtain rises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Do I See? What You’re Not Looking At<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Post-COVID, oil was the instrument that fell the most.
But it became one of the ones with the sharpest rise afterward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, the picture is similar again:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Everything is expensive<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oil is lagging behind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Everyone is looking elsewhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Black gold is waiting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I see this as an opportunity zone.
As we head towards 2026, I see oil as one of the strongest candidates for returns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, everyone looks at the same chart, but they don’t have to see the same thing.
Some read the price, some just read the headline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where Does This Scenario Break Down? (Real Risks)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Three things could derail this narrative:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A global liquidity crisis<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The collapse of OPEC<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sudden and drastic government transfers to green energy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under current conditions, I see all three as low probability.
Therefore, I expect an upward breakout in the next 6\u20139 months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is Not Investment Advice<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Nothing written here constitutes investment advice.
These are personal market observations.
No one gets rich by following someone else’s ideas.
But most people remain poor by following someone else’s ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Final Words<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The market teaches this harshly in every cycle:
People cheer the expensive, dismiss the cheap\u2026 Then they pay the bill where they applauded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Writer:<\/strong> Tekin Sekmez<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Everyone is looking the other way. Black gold is waiting. I see this as an opportunity zone. As we head towards 2026, I see oil as one of the strongest candidates for returns. Note: This is not investment advice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,11],"tags":[73,17,71,70,89,88,85,69,87,86],"class_list":["post-240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economy-trade","category-opinion-analysis","tag-dollar","tag-economy","tag-finance","tag-gold","tag-market","tag-nasdaq","tag-oil","tag-silver","tag-stock-market","tag-usd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesilknews.com\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesilknews.com\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesilknews.com\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesilknews.com\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesilknews.com\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thesilknews.com\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":242,"href":"https:\/\/thesilknews.com\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240\/revisions\/242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesilknews.com\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesilknews.com\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesilknews.com\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}