The death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on February 28, 2026 has fundamentally altered the risk calculus across global energy markets. With the Strait of Hormuz, through which roughly 20%…
Amidst a growing international crisis heavily involving the price of oil, shares of ExxonMobil (NYSE:XOM | XOM Price Prediction) are trading at $149.78 as of Wednesday, up 24% year-to-date and 39% over…
Most energy ETFs quietly filter out companies that don’t meet certain environmental standards. Strive U.S. Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:DRLL) does the opposite. It holds every major U.S. fossil fuel producer without exclusion, making…
Volatility is again picking up, and it’s a good idea to focus more on safety. There’s no better way to do so than to buy Dividend Aristocrat stocks like Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM…
Carley Garner, senior commodity market strategist at Carley Trading, has a take on oil that should make energy bulls nervous: strip out the Iran conflict, and crude would be trading significantly lower…
Summary: With rising geopolitical tensions and their potential impact on global oil markets, many are wondering how conflicts like that between the U.S. and Iran will impact any number of stocks. Two…
The State Street Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSEARCA:XLE), is up 27% year-to-date and 13% over the past month, trading at $56.78 Monday morning. The catalyst is unmistakable: Iran-Israel tensions have escalated…
Live Updates Tech Stocks Reverse Plight 11:31am ETTechnology stocks have reversed some earlier losses, with the Nasdaq Composite off its worst levels of the session. Palantir Technologies (Nasdaq; PLTR | PLTR Price…
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History shows that midterm election years aren’t always great years for the S&P 500. Are you properly protected against the full blow of a 2026 market crash? Probably not, but there are…
Live Updates AppLovin Social12:46pm ETAppLovin (Nasdaq: APP), a mobile tech and ads company, reportedly has a social media platform in the works. This development follows its recently failed bid to acquire TikTok’s…
The Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSEARCA:XLE) has surged 21.6% year to date as markets pivot from energy transition rhetoric toward energy security concerns. This performance reflects investor confidence that the fund’s…
BP (NYSE: BP | BP Price Prediction) just confirmed what many already suspected: Big Oil’s renewable energy pivot was an expensive mistake. The British oil giant took a $5.4 billion write-down on…
Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares (NYSEARCA:VYM) generates income by holding a diversified portfolio of dividend-paying U.S. stocks and passing those dividends directly to shareholders. With $88.5 billion in assets…
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