Dollars and Sense Trump Just Got Handed Tehran’s Own Timetable: Senior Voices in Iran Say They Will Stretch the War Past the Midterms Trump told a Dallas convention crowd the Iran war ends right after the midterms, accusing Tehran of dragging it out to swing the election.... Jack BuckbySeptember 10, 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
Dollars and Sense Everyone’s Watching the Strait of Hormuz for Oil: The Bigger Threat Moving Through It Is the One That Ends Up on Your Grocery Bill Everyone is watching the Strait of Hormuz for oil. The bigger threat moving through it feeds the world: the natural gas and sulfur behind... Brandon WeichertJuly 1, 2026
Dollars and Sense Ships Are Quietly Returning to the World’s Most Dangerous Oil Route — and One Detail Shows Operators Are Betting the Strait Stays Open Just days after Iran attacked two tankers and drew U.S. strikes in return, ships are cautiously returning to the Strait of Hormuz. Weekly traffic... Jack BuckbyJune 30, 2026
Dollars and Sense Iran Has a New Plan for the World’s Most Important Oil Route: Make Every Ship Pay to Pass — and Washington Says That’s a Red Line The fight over the Strait of Hormuz has moved off the water and into the wording of diplomatic statements. Months after Iran’s blockade of... Harry J. KazianisJune 30, 2026