'When it comes to a purely economic point of view, I don't think our interests have been substantially harmed. Geopolitically, we're going to have to see,' Scott Nations said.
Mizuho managing director Paul Sankey said "significant unrest" in the Middle East involving Iran and the U.S. is both a real threat and "a major issue" for oil markets.
That means a notable share of the world's oil is under direct geopolitical pressure, Sankey said on ""It's just a reminder that we want to own U.S. oil and that's it basically," he said., president and chief investment officer of NationsShares, struck a different chord than Sankey.
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