Stock Market Slides as Treasury Yields Climb and Oil Jumps 5%
Stocks fell Thursday as Treasury yields hovered near 24-year highs and oil jumped about 5% on Hormuz tanker attacks. Here is what is driving the pullback…
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Trump Floats Renaming Strait of Hormuz the “Trump Strait” as U.S.-Iran Tensions Escalate
President Donald Trump is once again putting his name — and America’s geopolitical power — on the map. Trump suggested Wednesday that the strategically critical Strait of Hormuz could be…
U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve Falls Below 300 Million Barrels, Hitting Lowest Level Since 1983
America’s emergency oil stockpile has fallen below a threshold the country has not seen in more than four decades. The U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve, better known as the SPR, dropped…
Thursday Market Watch: PPI Inflation Report Takes Center Stage as Wall Street Hovers Near Records
August 13, 2026 Wall Street enters Thursday morning with another major inflation test on deck. After Wednesday’s Consumer Price Index report offered investors some relief on consumer inflation, attention now…
Wednesday Market Watch: Inflation Takes Center Stage as CPI, Oil and Auto Industry Signals Hit Wall Street
August 12, 2026 — THIS NEWSROOM Wall Street is waking up to one of the most important economic mornings of the week. Wednesday’s calendar puts inflation, oil and the auto industry directly…
Wall Street Opens August With a Packed Monday: Palantir Earnings, OPEC+ Oil Move and Fed Lending Data in Focus
NEW YORK — August 3, 2026 — Wall Street begins the first full trading week of August with investors facing a busy combination of corporate earnings, oil-market developments and fresh signals…
Treasury Two-Year Yields Hit Highest Level Since 2025 as Oil Prices Surge
Rising oil prices are shaking Wall Street once again, and this time the bond market is flashing a warning sign. U.S. Treasury two-year yields climbed to their highest level since…
Europe Hesitates as Pressure Mounts Over Protecting the Strait of Hormuz
The World’s Most Important Oil Chokepoint Faces a Growing Security Question As tensions continue to simmer in the Middle East, European nations are showing increasing reluctance to commit significant naval…
Wall Street Loves the Iran Deal. Israel? Not So Much.
The stock market threw a celebration Monday morning as investors cheered reports that the United States and Iran have reached a framework agreement aimed at ending months of conflict in…
Mortgage Rates Surge Again as Global Tensions Put the American Dream Further Out of Reach
Rising oil prices, inflation fears, and growing uncertainty in the Middle East are putting fresh pressure on mortgage rates, creating new challenges for homebuyers already struggling with affordability. For millions…
Global Oil Prices Surge as Trump Warns Iran: Markets Brace for More Volatility
Global markets were shaken Monday after oil prices and government bond yields climbed sharply following renewed warnings from President Donald Trump toward Iran, signaling that geopolitical tensions in the Middle…
Trump Rejects Iran’s Peace Proposal as Tensions Over Strait of Hormuz Escalate
President Donald Trump sharply criticized Iran’s latest response to a U.S.-backed peace proposal on Sunday, calling it “totally unacceptable” as diplomatic efforts to end the escalating Middle East conflict appear to be…
Oil Prices Plunge, Markets Surge as Reports Suggest U.S. and Iran Near Deal to End War
Global markets exploded upward Wednesday morning after reports surfaced that the United States and Iran may be nearing a major agreement to end the months-long conflict that has rattled the…
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