Dollars and Sense Iran Does Not Need to Win This War Economically. It Only Needs Americans to Lose Their Patience First Instead Brent settled at $88.52 on Friday after a week of tanker attacks and no diplomatic movement. Washington's plan is to wait Tehran out —... Jack Buckby1 day ago
Dollars and Sense The Iran War Just Triggered the ‘Greatest Threat to Global Energy Security in History’ — and the World’s Oil Safety Net Is Now Gone The Iran conflict triggered what the IEA calls the greatest threat to global energy security in history, halting roughly a fifth of global oil... Steve BalestrieriJuly 6, 2026
Dollars and Sense Americans Just Turned Against Trump’s Iran War: Poll After Poll Finds Voters Don’t Believe It Was Worth the Cost as His Approval Sinks A new Financial Times poll found 58 percent of voters believe the Iran conflict was not worth the cost, echoing surveys from Quinnipiac, CBS,... Jack BuckbyJuly 6, 2026
Dollars and Sense The Iran War’s Next Shock Won’t Hit the Gas Pump — It’s Coming for the World’s Food Supply, and It’s Already Too Late to Stop The oil crisis grabbed the headlines. The food crisis may be the one that lasts. The Strait of Hormuz carries a third of the... Brandon WeichertJuly 3, 2026
Dollars and Sense While America Drained Its Oil Reserve Fighting Iran, China Quietly Sat on 1.4 Billion Barrels — and Won the War Without Firing a Shot The Iran War's biggest winner never fired a shot. While America drained its emergency oil reserve to a four-decade low, China sat on 1.4... Brandon WeichertJuly 2, 2026
Dollars and Sense Saudi Supertankers Just Poured Back Through the Strait of Hormuz Carrying 10 Million Barrels — the Strongest Sign Yet the Oil Is Flowing Again For the first time since the war shut it down, Saudi Arabia's oil is pouring back through the Strait of Hormuz — five supertankers... Jack BuckbyJuly 2, 2026
Dollars and Sense Everyone Is Celebrating Falling Oil Prices — One Analyst Warns They’re Actually the First Sign of Something Much Worse Everyone expected $150 oil when Iran choked the Strait of Hormuz. Instead prices keep falling — and one contrarian forecast says they could crash... Brandon WeichertJuly 2, 2026
Dollars and Sense Iran Just Pulled Off a Strategic Master Stroke in the Strait of Hormuz — and the World’s Most Important Oil Route May Never Be the Same Iran has turned the Strait of Hormuz — the waterway carrying a fifth of the world's oil — into a chokehold. It's clogged with... Brent M. EastwoodJuly 1, 2026
Dollars and Sense Russia, the World’s Second-Biggest Oil Exporter, Is Now So Desperate for Gasoline It’s Importing It From India It's a humiliation few thought possible: Russia, the world's second-largest oil exporter, is now importing gasoline. Ukraine's relentless strikes have crippled Russian refineries, drained... Brent M. EastwoodJuly 1, 2026
Dollars and Sense Months Ago Oman Swore No Ship Would Ever Pay to Cross the Strait of Hormuz: Now It’s Reportedly Moving Forward With Iran to Charge Them Just months ago, Oman signed agreements guaranteeing no vessel would ever pay to transit the Strait of Hormuz. Now, per a New York Times... Steve BalestrieriJuly 1, 2026