The largest pipeline in the US for transporting fuel shut down following a cyber attack.
The attack had an impact on fuel prices and created shortages resulting in some gas stations having to close.
An investing strategist breaks down how investors can capitalize on the attack over the short and long-term.
For six days, a hacker group held the largest pipeline system for refined oil products in the US, Colonial Pipeline, at ransom via a cyber attack.
This resulted in the shutdown of a 5,500 mile pipeline used to transport millions of barrels of fuel between Texas and the East Coast, causing fuel shortages and a rise in gas prices in the south east of the country in particular.
Still Worried by Rising Inflation Threats? April 20, 2021
As the economy continues to heal, the risk of rising inflation remains. Commodities exposure and ETFs like the
COMT, which is up 18% on the year, seeks to track the investment results of the S&P GSCI Dynamic Roll (USD) Total Return Index composed of a broad range of commodity exposures with enhanced roll selection, on a total return basis. The index measures the performance of futures contracts.
In seeking to achieve its investment objective, the fund may invest in a combination of exchange-traded commodity futures contracts, exchange-traded options on commodity-related futures contracts, and exchange-cleared commodity related swaps, thereby obtaining exposure to the commodities markets.
By Rudi Filapek-Vandyck, Editor FNArena
Since listing in June 1994, the performance of CSL ((CSL)) has been nothing but spectacular, with the stock ultimately growing into the ASX200 s largest constituent, beating the far more familiar household names of CommBank and BHP Billiton.
It took the better part of the past 2.5 decades, but Australian investors eventually warmed to Australia s largest and most successful biotech company, even though it never offered a genuine yield to get excited about and the valuation never looked cheap .
But CSL performed when others couldn t, and it kept on simply doing that, until the global pandemic and calendar year 2020 arrived.
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Sitting just around all-time highs, stocks are in an uncertain spot.
Michael Cuggino says the best opportunities are in longer-term relative values.
He says we ve begun a new commodity bull cycle that will last several years.
A year on from one of the worst crashes in history, equity markets are at an uncertain point.
Valuations are historically high thanks in part to low interest rates, and although much of the economic recovery still lies ahead, forward earnings expectations are priced into much of the market already. All three major US stock indexes sit near their all-time high marks.