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 Iran’s Currency Has Collapsed to 1.2 Million to the Dollar — and Meat Is Now a Luxury Iran's economy is buckling: oil exports have collapsed to 260,000 barrels a day, inflation hasn't been this high since 1942, and the currency has... Jack BuckbyJune 22, 2026
Dollars and Sense One-Fifth of the World’s Oil Runs Through Hormuz. A Failed Deal Could Push Prices Toward $200 A day after Iran snubbed him in Switzerland, Vice President Vance called the talks a "very, very good day" and said Iran agreed to... Jack BuckbyJune 22, 2026
Dollars and Sense The Strait of Hormuz Is Closed Again: Iran Just Went ‘Maximum Pressure’ on Donald Trump and Israel Tehran declared the Strait of Hormuz closed on Saturday over Israel's war in Lebanon, even as Vice President JD Vance insisted oil was still... Harry J. KazianisJune 20, 2026
Dollars and Sense Iran Now Sees the Strait of Hormuz as a Cash Cow — and the Toll-Free Deal May Not Last Iran now sees the Strait of Hormuz as a cash cow, one scholar argues — and the real danger of Trump's toll-free deal is... Michael RubinJune 20, 2026
Dollars and Sense Goldman Sachs Says the Strait of Hormuz May Never Fully Recover — and the Gulf Is Already Building Around It Goldman Sachs says the Strait of Hormuz may never fully recover — and the Gulf isn't waiting to find out. The UAE and Saudi... Steve BalestrieriJune 18, 2026
Dollars and Sense ‘We Run Out of Reserves in About 4 Weeks’: Why Donald Trump Had to Take the Iran Deal Trump just admitted what drove the Iran deal: "We run out of reserves in about four weeks." Staying at war, he warned, could have... Jack BuckbyJune 17, 2026
Dollars and Sense The Optics Look Bad for Donald Trump: The Leaked Iran Deal Includes a $300 Billion Reconstruction Fund The leaked Iran deal includes a $300 billion reconstruction fund — and one analyst says the optics could burn Trump, even though the White... Harrison KassJune 16, 2026
Dollars and Sense The Oil Business Is Shifting From Hormuz to Houston. The Iran War May Have Made It Permanent The Iran war may end Friday, but one shift it triggered could be permanent: the oil business moving from Hormuz to Houston. The UAE... Steve BalestrieriJune 16, 2026
Dollars and Sense The U.S. Oil Reserve Just Hit Its Lowest Level Since 1983. China’s Holds More Than a Billion Barrel The Strait of Hormuz is reopening — but the crisis may have changed the oil market for good. The US Strategic Petroleum Reserve just... Jack BuckbyJune 16, 2026