But the recovery is not strong. China, a big consumer of oil, is slowing, Japan is slowing, Europe is slowing, and the data in the US is mixed with retail sales down and consumer sentiment up and layoffs in the oil patch and earnings of some major corporations disappointing.
Why oil is going to at least $40 bucks - *Meant to downgrade my outlook weeks ago - but came down with such a debilitating flu bug - that I just couldn't bother) ha