There is no short-term fix for the quagmire the U.S. is currently immersed in. With uncertainty about jobs and inflation, ...

Kharg Island, targeted in US air strikes on Saturday, is a scrubby stretch of land in the Gulf that handles almost all of ...

Targeted strikes against Iran's energy infrastructure could send oil prices surging. History shows that the stock market is resilient despite short-term uncertainties from geopolitical events. While ...

A small island in the Gulf has become a flashpoint in the widening war involving Iran, the United States and Israel. Kharg ...

Extreme oil price gyrations introduce significant uncertainty and risk for investors navigating current market conditions.

Some investors are drawing comparisons with the 1970s to interpret where markets are headed in 2026, but there are several ...

Venezuela has signed "strategic agreements" on gas production with energy groups Repsol of Spain and Italy's Eni , ​the ...

Editor: How about those gas prices soaring? President Donald Trump reportedly asked oil executives at a dinner at Mar-a-Lago to raise $1 billion for his campaign. In return for this ...

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Oil markets are no longer defined by simple shifts in supply and demand. While physical balances still matter, price formation is increasingly shaped by who controls access to barrels, under what ...

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 289.24 points, or 0.61%, to 47,417.27, the S&P ⁠500 lost 5.68 points, or 0.08%, to 6,775.80 and the Nasdaq Composite gained 19.03 points, or 0.08%, to 22,716.14.

The eight OPEC+ countries, which voluntarily cut oil production, boosted output by 333,000 barrels per day (bpd) in February 2026, with production 189,000 bpd above the agreed plan considering excess ...