&gt;dollar was near multi-decade lows ~2 years ago. oil was at near multi-decade highs ~2 years ago.<p>Yeah, that&#x27;s exactly the correlation I am pointing out. Guess who started really blowing up ~2 years ago? ISIS.<p>More instability = less control over oil resources by the sovereign = cheaper oil for everyone else<p>Decrease the oil price, and you increase demand for oil.<p>Increase the demand for oil, and you increase the demand for the dollar.<p>Increase demand for the dollar and you increase its value. Basic economics.<p>6&#x2F;7 of the richest companies in the world in terms of revenue are oil companies, and oil is primarily traded in dollars. You&#x27;ll notice that when a country starts trying to sell oil in something other than the dollar, they go on the NATO shit list: i.e. Iraq, Iran, Venezuela.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Petrocurrency#Currencies_used_to_trade_oil" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Petrocurrency#Currencies_used_...</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;List_of_largest_companies_by_revenue" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;List_of_largest_companies_by_r...</a><p>&quot;War is a matter not so much of arms as of money.&quot; -Thucydides