Iran and Oman announced an agreement on Strait of Hormuz shipping, giving energy markets their first diplomatic mechanism for reducing the traffic disruption rather than merely discussing it....
Crude oil settled at $75.27 after President Donald Trump said US-Iran negotiations were progressing, while the S&P 500 rose 1.79% to 7,736.52. Diplomatic progress has taken some heat out of the...
Five ships crossed the Strait of Hormuz, down 99 from the previous count, as attacks pushed the world’s most important energy passage toward operational paralysis....
Crude oil fell 6.57% to $79.11 after President Donald Trump said US-Iran talks would begin Monday, reversing much of the supply-risk premium built into energy markets last week....
Microsoft shares rose 15.51% to $451.10, creating roughly $450 billion in additional market value and giving the Nasdaq a 2.78% lift. Microsoft delivered the market’s clearest vote yet for continued...
US forces launched fresh strikes against Iran as the conflict widened across the Middle East, sending Brent crude up 2.48% to $92.99 and cutting daily Strait of Hormuz transits by 101 ships....
The market is currently operating under a form of selective blindness. While Israel and Lebanon agreed to a conditional ceasefire, the US and Iran continue to exchange strikes....
A fragile ceasefire in the Middle East began to crack on Tuesday. What started as diplomatic posturing quickly turned into physical combat as US and Iran exchanged military strikes....
A handful of detained tankers in the Strait of Hormuz started as a logistical inconvenience last week. By Tuesday, the arithmetic of global energy trade had rewritten itself....
Jerome Powell warns that politicizing Fed will erode its credibility. The market is currently operating under a form of selective blindness. While the outgoing Fed Chair defends the institution's...
The pipes of the energy complex cleared today as the market priced out the immediate threat of a blockade. When the US and Iran agreed to a 60-day truce renewal, the risk premium that had been...
A few tactical airstrikes near the Strait of Hormuz started as a localized military operation on Thursday. Within hours, they had effectively dismantled the peace narrative the market spent the last week pricing. When the US military launched strikes near Hormuz with no accord in sight, the energy complex reacted with a violent surge...
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