BWB — Business With Brian · April 2025
BWB — Business With Brian · 2025年4月

This ALWAYS Happens in an Oil Crisis

石油危机中"总是"发生的事

Oil hit $119. The Strait of Hormuz handles 20% of the world's supply. Traffic has dropped to nearly zero. Everyone is buying energy and selling tech — the same trade that has been wrong five out of five times.

油价飙到119美元。霍尔木兹海峡承载全球20%供应。通行量几乎为零。所有人都在买能源卖科技——同样的交易,五次全错。

5/5 5/5 Oil spikes reversed 油价飙升均逆转
70% 70% Less oil-dependent than 1979 比1979年少依赖石油
$7.8T 7.8万亿 Money market sidelines 货币基金场外观望
87% 87% 2022 QQQ swing 2022年QQQ波动

Five Oil Crises, Five Reversals

五次石油危机,五次逆转

This has happened before — not once, not twice, but five times in the past 50 years. The oil spike reversed every time without exception.

以前发生过——不是一次两次,而是50年5次。油价飙升每次都逆转,无一例外。

Crisis
危机
Oil Spike
油价飙升
What Happened Next
随后发生了什么
1973 OPEC Embargo
1973 OPEC禁运
$3 → $12
$3→12
Reversed. Energy stocks hammered on the way down.
逆转。能源股在下跌中被重创。
1979 Iranian Revolution
1979伊朗革命
$13 → $40
$13→40
Crashed 40% by mid-80s. Energy faded, tech created wealth.
80年代中暴跌40%。能源退潮,科技造富。
1990 Gulf War
1990海湾战争
Instantly doubled
瞬间翻倍
Short spike, fast recovery. Reversed within months.
短期飙升,快速恢复。数月内逆转。
2008 Speculation
2008投机泡沫
Hit $147
触及$147
Collapsed 80% in 5 months. Energy invincible at top → hammered at bottom.
5个月内暴跌80%。顶部无敌的能源→底部被砸。
2022 Russia-Ukraine
2022俄乌战争
Brent hit $130
布伦特触及$130
Fell 30% in 4 months. QQQ from -33% to +54% — an 87% swing.
4个月跌30%。QQQ从-33%到+54%——87%的波动。

The Pattern

规律

Five oil spikes in 50 years. Five reversals. The reactionary trade — buy energy, sell tech — has been wrong over the long term every single time.

50年5次油价飙升。5次逆转。从众交易——买能源卖科技——长期来看每次都是错的

Why This Crisis Is Less Dangerous Than It Looks

为什么这次危机没有看起来那么危险

The scale of this disruption is larger — 20% of world supply vs 7% in 1979. But the economy's relationship to oil has fundamentally changed.

这次断供规模更大——全球供应的20% vs 1979年的7%。但经济与石油的关系已经根本改变了。

70% Less Dependent
少依赖70%

Oil as % of GDP

石油占GDP比重

In 1979, oil was 1.5% of US GDP. Today, only 0.4%. Cars are more efficient. We heat with natural gas instead of oil. Renewables are growing. Remote work means less commuting. A $100 oil today doesn't hit the economy the way it did in 1979.

1979年,石油占美国GDP的1.5%。今天仅0.4%。汽车更省油。天然气替代石油供暖。可再生能源增长。远程办公减少通勤。今天100美元的油价不会像1979年那样冲击经济。

Duration Risk
持续风险

The Critical Variable

关键变量

If Hormuz reopens in weeks (like 1990) → short spike, fast recovery. If it stays closed for months → starts looking like 1979 and recession risk rises. The SPR sits at 58% capacity (415M of 714M barrels) and the administration won't tap it. OPEC's "5M bpd spare capacity" is worthless — it flows through Hormuz too.

如果霍尔木兹数周内重开(如1990年)→短期飙升、快速恢复。如果关闭数月→更像1979年,衰退风险上升。战略石油储备仅58%容量(7.14亿桶中的4.15亿),政府不会动用。OPEC的"500万桶/日闲置产能"毫无价值——也要经过霍尔木兹。

Diesel Warning
柴油警示

The One Counterpoint

唯一的反面

Diesel is still the backbone of shipping — up 89¢/gallon in a single week. Diesel moves groceries, Amazon packages, everything. Fuel surcharges ripple through the entire supply chain. This is real. But it's a price shock, not a structural recession trigger.

柴油仍是运输骨干——一周内每加仑涨89美分。柴油运送食品、快递、一切。燃油附加费在整个供应链传导。这是真实的。但这是价格冲击,不是结构性衰退触发器。

The Consensus Trade Is the Wrong Trade

共识交易就是错误交易

Money is flooding into energy, gold, and defense. S&P energy is up 24% YTD. Meanwhile tech, airlines, and consumer names are getting crushed. This is the exact same trade that lost money five times.

资金涌入能源、黄金和军工。标普能源年初至今涨24%。同时科技、航空和消费股被砸。这和五次亏钱的交易一模一样。

Geopolitical Shock Data

地缘冲击数据

Average S&P drawdown during major geopolitical shock: -4.7%. Average time to bottom: 19 days. Average recovery: 42 days. The S&P is higher 12 months after conflict onset 70% of the time. The key isn't event severity — it's whether it causes a recession. And with the economy 70% less oil-dependent, an oil-driven recession is much less likely.

重大地缘冲击期间标普平均回撤:-4.7%。平均触底时间:19天。平均恢复:42天。冲突发生12个月后标普上涨70%的时候。关键不是事件严重性——而是是否引发衰退。经济对石油依赖减少70%,石油引发的衰退可能性低得多。

2022 Playbook
2022年剧本

The 87% Swing

87%的波动

Russia invaded Ukraine. Oil spiked to $130. NASDAQ dropped 33%. Everyone sold tech and bought energy. Oil was back below $100 in 4 months. QQQ from -33% → +54% — an 87% swing from trough to peak. Energy faded. Tech created wealth.

俄乌战争。油价飙到130。纳斯达克跌33%。所有人卖科技买能源。4个月后油价跌破100。QQQ从-33%→+54%——87%的波动。能源退潮,科技造富。

$7.8T Sidelines
7.8万亿场外

The Money Waiting for Clarity

等待信号的资金

$7.8 trillion sitting in money market funds — all-time high. Not invested in energy. Parked on the sidelines waiting for clarity. When that money moves back into the market, it's going to flow into quality growth at a discount — not energy, which is already sitting at the top.

7.8万亿美元停在货币基金——历史新高。没投进能源。在场外观望等信号。当这笔钱回到市场,会流向打折的优质成长股——而不是已经在顶部的能源。

PEG Bargains: Tech at a Discount

PEG折扣:科技股打折

A PEG ratio under 1.0 means you're paying less than the company's growth rate would normally justify. Right now, several high-quality names are well below that line — not because AI stopped working, but because oil scared everyone into selling.

PEG比率低于1.0意味着你付的价格低于公司增长率应有的水平。现在几家高质量公司远低于这条线——不是因为AI不行了,是因为石油恐慌让人卖出。

Stock
股票
PEG
PEG
Why Cheap
为何便宜
AMD
AMD
0.57
0.57
Real revenue, real earnings — oil fear, not fundamental weakness
真实营收和利润——石油恐慌,非基本面走弱
QCOM
QCOM
0.57
0.57
Wireless monopoly in every phone — sold off on macro fear
每部手机的无线垄断——因宏观恐慌被卖出
DELL
DELL
0.61
0.61
AI server infrastructure — demand hasn't changed, sentiment did
AI服务器基础设施——需求没变,情绪变了
MU
MU
0.64
0.64
HBM sold out through 2026 — the dip isn't about fundamentals
HBM 2026年售罄——下跌与基本面无关
AVGO
AVGO
0.75
0.75
$73B in signed AI orders — fear selling, not business selling
730亿签约AI订单——恐惧卖出,非业务卖出

The Takeaway

要点

These aren't speculative penny stocks. They have real revenue, real earnings, and real cash flow. This isn't 2000 where tech companies had no business model. The dip isn't because AI stopped working — it's because oil scared everyone into selling. The window between peak fear and recovery is where the biggest returns get made.

这些不是投机小盘股。它们有真实的营收、利润和现金流。这不是2000年科技公司没有商业模式的时代。下跌不是因为AI不行了——是因为石油恐慌让人卖出。峰值恐惧和恢复之间的窗口,就是最大收益产生的地方。