Stock and bond fund returns for the quarter were bad nearly everywhere you looked, our columnist says. Energy stocks, lifted by the war with Iran, were an exception.
Category: US and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026)
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The Winning Stock Funds This Time Weren’t Tech. They Were Energy.
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Oil Prices Jump on Outburst of Violence in the Middle East
The New York Times – Business:Attacks on ships around the Strait of Hormuz have continued as a war between Saudi Arabia and the Houthi militia intensified.
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Geography Is Back With a Vengeance
The New York Times – Business:Trade blockages in the Persian Gulf have reminded the world that there are forces as great as or greater than technology and globalization.
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Burst of Attacks in Gulf Heightens Fears Over Fragile Energy Trade
The New York Times – Business:Strikes on tankers in the Strait of Hormuz and oil infrastructure in Saudi Arabia came as the region’s exporters were getting more oil to the world market.
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Trump Says Economy Has ‘Public Relations’ Problem Amid High Prices and Slow Hiring
The New York Times – Business:The president, who had hoped to tout a growing economy on the campaign trail, has found it hard to break through as workers’ wages fail to keep up.
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Trump’s Threat to Ban Diesel Exports Sets Off Global Alarms
The New York Times – Business:A reduction in refineries has already driven the price of diesel to record highs, threatening economies. An U.S. export ban would be “tremendous shock and blow.”
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U.S. Bond Yields Hit Highest Level Since 2002
The New York Times – Business:The trends pushing up yields, including the war in Iran and high government debt levels, are unlikely to dissipate soon.
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Oil Is Flowing From the Persian Gulf, but Prices Remain High. Why?
The New York Times – Business:Crude oil costs close to $100 a barrel because traders are worried hostilities could soon restart and the world is burning through its emergency stockpiles.
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How Middle East Oil Exports Started Recovering
The New York Times – Business:Our business reporter Peter Eavis describes how oil exports from the Middle East have rebounded this month, getting closer to the levels seen before the Iran war.
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Inside Binance Founder Changpeng Zhao’s Life After Prison
The New York Times – Business:Changpeng Zhao, jailed in the United States for a financial crime and pardoned by President Trump, is now living a gilded life in the United Arab Emirates.
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Tankers Are Loading Oil Again From a Vital Saudi Pipeline
The New York Times – Business:Saudi authorities had taken the pipeline offline this month after it was damaged in a drone attack by an Iranian-backed Iraqi militia.