What desk in energy markets is best to start your career in?

I will be starting at a fund that focuses on energy markets. 

The options are crude oil, refined oil products, natural gas and then European power.

Any advice would be welcome on the positive or negatives of any of the above desks for long term career opportunities. 

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Honestly they are all pretty good. Euro power is all the rage right now. Crude and natty are staples. Refined products I think would be better under a merchant / physical platform.My suggestion for picking things to trade are pick which you think have the highest volatility going forward. I can tell you for the last year it was a exceptionally high vol year. Eu power > gas > refined products > crude.Going forward hard to say but I think energy transition and lack of storage will continue to make eu power/gas and nat gas good products to trade. Hard for me to speak about crude as I'm a gas guy. Cheers

 

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