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Crude oil
3 guides in Finabase Learn
- Contango, backwardation and roll yield: why USO lags oil What contango and backwardation are, how rolling futures creates roll yield, and why the USO oil fund ended 2006–2026 far below spot crude, with real data.
- Futures contracts explained: specs, clearing, expiry and settlement How a futures contract works: contract size and tick value, the clearinghouse, daily mark-to-market, expiry, and physical versus cash settlement, with CME examples.
- Oil prices and the economy: WTI, Brent, gasoline and inflation How crude oil is priced, the difference between WTI and Brent, how oil reaches gasoline and CPI, and what 40 years of EIA price data show about booms and busts.
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