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How to Hedge Against $100 Oil, According to Market Strategists

With Brent crude hurtling past $100 a barrel, companies that consume a lot of oil suddenly want to be hedged.
Going up. (Pictured: A Unitank oil storage depot in Berlin, Germany, on March 12, 2026.)Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg
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Welcome to CFO Briefing, a newsletter dedicated to corporate finance and what leaders need to know. This week, we check in with Daimler Truck CFO Eva Scherer. But first, is there any room left to hedge against the sharp rise in oil prices?

With Brent crude hurtling past $100 a barrel, companies that consume a lot of oil suddenly want to be hedged.