If you bought the United States Oil Fund (NYSEARCA:USO) to bet on rising crude prices, the fund is living up to its reputation. USO is up 114% year to date as WTI…
The iShares U.S. Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF (NYSEARCA:IEO) just paid a $0.55 distribution in March, the lightest quarterly payment since mid-2024. IEO holders are buying the aggregated dividend policies…
Sébastien Page, Head of Global Multi-Asset and Chief Investment Officer at T. Rowe Price, used a CNBC appearance this week to challenge one of the deepest reflexes in portfolio construction: that long-duration…
An ETF has done something unusual for a leveraged commodity fund. It has actually rewarded holders. ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Crude Oil (NYSEARCA:UCO) is up 130% year to date, the kind of move…
WTI crude went from $57.97 a barrel in December 2025 to over $100 today. That kind of move hands a windfall to oil producers and gives their shareholders motion sickness in roughly…
While the Dow slides into correction territory and the “fear gauge” flashes red, the loudest voice on Wall Street is also the calmest. Fundstrat’s Tom Lee, the strategist who defied the recession…
With the VIX sitting near 19 after a sharp pullback from a March spike above 31, and the Fed holding rates steady at 3.75% after cutting 75 basis points over the prior…
Oil has surged 70% in just 26 trading days since the war in Iran began, marking a faster pace than the 2022 Russia/Ukraine energy shock. WTI crude, the U.S. benchmark, has climbed…
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…
WTI crude oil is trading near $105 per barrel, a level that was unthinkable just a few months ago when prices bottomed near $57 late last year. The catalyst is geopolitical: disruptions…
WTI crude oil has crossed $104 per barrel, its highest level in the past 12 months, after a conflict between the U.S., Israel, and Iran that began February 28, 2026 shut down…
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,…
The S&P 500 you own through a standard index fund is not as diversified as it looks. The cap-weighted version of the index hands roughly a third of your money to a…
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…
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…
