Bond funds have taken some small backward steps in recent weeks, thanks in part to the rising risk of Fed rate hikes instead of rate cuts. Undoubtedly, the war in Iran isn’t…
Energy company Chevron (NYSE:CVX | CVX Price Prediction) and ExxonMobil (NYSE:XOM) both closed out full-year 2025 with record production, rising shareholder returns, and dividend increases. Oil has since surged to $104.69 per…
Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM | XOM Price Prediction) shares are down 5% in midday trading on Wednesday, and Chevron (NYSE:CVX) shares are also off 5%. The catalyst is hard to miss: reports that…
Let’s cut straight to it. A geopolitical shock just knocked roughly one-third of global helium supply offline. Iran’s strike on Qatar’s largest LNG facility damaged production lines that could take years to…
Rich Duprey Oil closed out 2025 at $57.26 a barrel. Today, it is trading above $90. That kind of move in crude flows directly into the earnings of every upstream producer, refiner, and pipeline…
With the Federal Reserve having cut rates from 4.5% to 3.75% over the past six months, the calculus for income investors is shifting. Cash and money market yields are drifting lower, while…
WTI crude is still near $90, up from $57 at the start of the year. That move did not happen in a vacuum. On February 28, 2026, the 2026 Iran war began,…
Geopolitical hope is doing what central banks could not quite manage this month: lifting every major U.S. equity index simultaneously. The S&P 500 opened 1.07% higher Wednesday morning, with the Dow, Nasdaq,…
With the 10-year Treasury yield sitting at 4.34%, income investors face a genuine choice between risk-free government bonds and dividend-paying equities. For those willing to look beyond U.S. borders, international dividend ETFs…
WTI crude oil has surged from $55.44 in mid-December 2025 to nearly $93 in mid-March 2026, a recovery that has driven energy equities sharply higher. Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSEARCA:XLE) is…
Oil prices have soared by over 50% in the past month, with WTI crude trading sideways in the $90 to $100 band. Stocks like Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM | XOM Price Prediction), Occidental…
The Iran war has caused an oil shock that’s adding more pressure to the broad markets. With the Nasdaq Composite already in a correction, and the S&P 500 down just a hair…
The S&P 500 fell to 6,557.94, down 0.73% as of mid-morning Friday, with all three major indexes on pace for a fourth consecutive losing week as surging oil prices and Middle East…
WTI crude is trading around $78 per barrel, up sharply from roughly $63 in early February. The catalyst is geopolitical: Chevron executives warned the Trump administration about potential disruptions around the Strait…
U.S. equity futures are pointing higher again Tuesday morning, with both S&P 500 and Dow contracts in positive territory, even as Brent crude climbs above $103 a barrel and geopolitical tensions in…
