Summaries
- 8 September 2026Published research this week is overwhelmingly bullish on crude, with Brent pressing the $100/bbl mark and WTI close behind. Across the analyst notes surveyed, there is no meaningful near-term dissent — the only bearish…
- 2 September 2026Oil is set up bullishly on nearly every desk covering it, according to the current sweep of published research — with the US–Iran conflict and thin supply buffers doing the heavy lifting.
- 1 September 2026Crude oil research is leaning heavily bullish for the near and medium term, with only a lone long-horizon voice calling for gradual declines.
- 31 August 2026Published research this week leans strongly bullish on oil, with most analysts framing Brent above $90/bbl as underpinned by acute geopolitical supply risk centered on the Strait of Hormuz.
- 30 August 2026Oil whipsawed this week as traders juggled diplomacy against entrenched supply damage — and by Thursday, the published tone leaned firmly bullish again.
- 28 August 2026Published oil research is leaning bullish this week, with most analysts pointing to upward pressure on Brent and crude — though one contrarian thread flags near-term downside.
- 27 August 2026Published research this week leans bullish on crude, though the consensus is not unanimous.
- 26 August 2026Crude oil has no single consensus right now — published research is split by time horizon, not by disagreement on the facts.
- 25 August 2026Oil views are split: research published this week leans mildly bullish on a multi-month horizon, but sees near-term downside as geopolitical risk premiums unwind.
- 24 August 2026Published oil research is lining up on one side this week: crude has room to run higher, with Brent and WTI both exposed to meaningful upside.
- 23 August 2026Oil markets ran hot all week, with published research overwhelmingly leaning bullish on crude and refined products.
- 21 August 2026Crude oil is drawing a rare unanimous bullish read across published research this week, with supply shocks — not demand — doing the heavy lifting.
- 20 August 2026Published research this week leans firmly bullish on oil, with the debate centered on how far and how fast — not direction.
- 19 August 2026Published research on oil is leaning firmly bullish — with one notable caveat on the longer horizon.
- 18 August 2026Published research on crude is running heavily bullish across near- and medium-term horizons, with only a small contrarian thread pushing back — and that pushback is confined to late 2026 and beyond.
- 17 August 2026Crude oil research is leaning firmly bullish right now — but a notable minority is calling the top.
- 14 August 2026Published oil research is leaning uniformly bullish — but the story is about supply and geopolitics, not booming demand.
- 13 August 2026Oil research this week leans firmly bullish, and the few bearish calls only work if the Middle East de-escalates — which most published analysis does not treat as the base case.
- 12 August 2026Published research this week leans bullish on crude, with the dominant view tying elevated prices to persistent Middle East supply risk — especially around the Strait of Hormuz.
- 11 August 2026Published oil research is leaning firmly bullish, with the Strait of Hormuz doing most of the work.
- 10 August 2026Published oil research this week leans firmly bullish, with the Strait of Hormuz disruption cited as the dominant driver — though a few dissenting voices push back.
- 9 August 2026Oil traded on a knife's edge this week as Strait of Hormuz headlines whipsawed prices in both directions.
- 7 August 2026Published oil research is leaning bullish, but the split is real — and it hinges on the Strait of Hormuz.
- 6 August 2026Oil calls are unusually split right now, with most published research leaning bullish on crude but a meaningful contrarian camp betting on a sharp drop if diplomacy holds.
- 5 August 2026Oil forecasts are split, with published research leaning mildly bearish near-term but a competing camp arguing geopolitical supply risks will keep prices elevated.
- 4 August 2026Oil calls are sharply split right now, and the divide isn't just bull vs. bear — it's near-term vs. medium-term.
- 3 August 2026Oil is caught between diplomacy and disruption — and published research is genuinely split on which force wins.
- 2 August 2026Oil in focus this week: geopolitics kept a bid under crude, but late-week research turned more two-sided as Strait of Hormuz flows partially recovered.
- 31 July 2026Oil analysts are sharply split right now, and there's no clean consensus on where crude goes from here.
- 30 July 2026Published research this week lands overwhelmingly bullish on oil, with near-universal agreement across analyst commentary that Brent and WTI are biased higher.