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Planet Finance does not offer investment tips, nor is it a crusade against bankers or the wealthiest 1%. It simply looks behind the shiny scenes of the big bucks.
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Episode 2: Free Oil

The day the oil futures market dropped below zero. More...

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Planet Finance

Planet Finance
Episode 1: The Nature of the Beast

Episode 1: The Nature of the Beast
Episode 2: Free Oil

Episode 2: Free Oil
Episode 3: Fortune Hunters

Episode 3: Fortune Hunters
Episode 4: The Biggest Flotation Ever

Episode 4: The Biggest Flotation Ever
Episode 5: Disaster for Sale

Episode 5: Disaster for Sale
Episode 6: Bubbles & Crashes

Episode 6: Bubbles & Crashes

Planet Finance determines the global price for a lot of commodities: grain, gold, and also oil. The demand for oil is perpetual and the price fluctuates constantly. It’s hard to imagine now, but at the start of the COVID pandemic the oil producers couldn’t sell their stuff for love nor money. The world’s oil stores were sitting out at sea in oil tankers, its crews waiting around for the day the price would go up again. There was even one day when a barrel of crude was free for a while! How can markets become this derailed?

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Marije Meerman
2022
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