Many of the most enthusiastic cheerleaders for the commodity bubble have recently slashed their oil price forecasts. We are still happy with our long-held view that crude will average $50 per barrel in 2009, which now seems to be the consensus. Indeed, the final capitulation of the bulls who were predicting $200pb earlier this year may be a sign that the bulk of the bearish news is now priced in.
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