Coronavirus weekly round-up: Oil prices turn negative while a leading Covid-19 vaccine trial disappoints
Five investors mull the events shaping portfolios over the past week
Oil
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DFMs bide their time on negative oil prices
WTI contracts hit by ‘double whammy’ of supply glut and coronavirus lockdown
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Oil major backtracks on lobbying after heat from shareholders
Repsol was once named among the world’s worst greenhouse gas emitters
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Will coal, oil and gas really become stranded assets?
BP and Glencore changes could be instrumental in bringing more information to investors
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Mark Barnett: I am twice as exposed to Brexit as the FTSE All Share
Invesco UK equities manager comes out swinging for UK stocks, oil and tobacco
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Luke Fletcher: Picking climate leaders beyond the current oil cycle
The oil and gas majors best positioned for a low-carbon future
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The top five funds in Q3
Funds investing in oil, healthcare and US smaller companies led the way in the third quarter
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Oil majors offside with investors worth $10trn
Climate change has landed oil majors offside with a number of investors representing $10.4trn worth of assets ahead of their annual general meetings (AGMs) over the next couple of weeks.
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Nick Train picks underperformance over oil majors
Nick Train has said he will not be drawn into investing in oil majors despite the bumper returns they have delivered for his investment trust’s FTSE All Share benchmark.
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Oil price spikes as Trump quits Iran nuclear deal
Donald Trump’s decision to walk away from the Iran nuclear deal has seen the oil price take off, as political tensions in the Middle East look set to increase.
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Brent crude slides on IEA warning
Brent crude oil slipped to a one-month low as the International Energy Agency (IEA) warned that increasing US production could jeopardise the oil price recovery.
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Pantheon: Drop in oil output could hamper UK GDP
A fall in oil and gas production may see below consensus GDP growth of 0.3% for the fourth quarter of 2017, despite bullish business surveys, consultancy Pantheon Economics says.
