Oil futures finished sharply lower Monday, with U.S. prices down by more than 5%, as traders continued to weigh developments in the Iran conflict.
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Trump has 15 days to end the Iran war or markets face a brutal April repricing — from oil to the S&P 500
Wall Street bets on a March end to the Iran conflict — but Tehran is playing for a November U.S. regime change.
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‘It’s all about oil’: FedEx’s transportation costs will be key to this week’s earnings
With results due this week from FedEx and retail names like Lululemon and Macy’s, we’ll likely hear more about consumers’ attitudes, as gas prices and shipping costs spike and the conflict widens in the Middle East.
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EU ministers to discuss possible naval options for Strait of Hormuz
Meeting follows President Trump’s plea for help to reopen the shipping lane
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Here’s a rare chance to invest before big stock-index funds and Wall Street dive in
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11 stocks to harden your portfolio against Iran risk
Focus on stocks that are stable when investors flee to safety and stock-market liquidity dries up.
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Investors are shunning U.S. debt as a haven play during the Iran conflict
The 10-year Treasury yield was headed for its steepest two-week climb in almost a year amid the U.S. and Israel’s war with Iran.
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Global oil prices end week above $100, as U.S. waiver on some Russian sanctions fails to quell supply concerns
A temporary removal of U.S. sanctions on Russian tankers at sea failed to calm concerns over prolonged disruptions to the flow of crude through the Strait of Hormuz.
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Investor who lost everything in private credit wishes several thousand more people had warned him of the risks
The turmoil currently sweeping through the $3 trillion private credit market has investors stampeding out of the funds.
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U.S. Treasurys look like the bad boyfriend at the start of a Hallmark movie, finance expert says
“I think one thing to keep in mind is that currently markets don’t have a better, great option than U.S. Treasury debt,” Yale Budget Lab’s executive director Martha Gimbel told the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday.