Dollars and Sense Iran Just Hit Three Ships in the Strait of Hormuz and Vowed More Could Be Next — Trump Warns It’s Time to Deal or ‘Finish the Job’ Iran's Revolutionary Guard attacked three commercial ships near the Strait of Hormuz, setting a Qatari LNG tanker's engine room ablaze and drawing a rare... Brent M. EastwoodJuly 7, 2026
Dollars and Sense Trump Gave Iran ‘a Week Off’ for Khamenei’s Funeral — Then the IRGC Fired Missiles at Two Tankers in the Strait of Hormuz Iran's Revolutionary Guard fired at least two missiles at ships near the Strait of Hormuz, damaging a Qatari LNG tanker and a Saudi supertanker... Jack BuckbyJuly 7, 2026
Dollars and Sense Iran Is Making Putin’s Mistake: Tehran’s Bid to Blackmail the World Over Hormuz Could Leave It Controlling Nothing at All Iran is banking on a $40 billion payday from new tolls in the Strait of Hormuz — but Gulf states, Washington, and Asian buyers... 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
The Treaty Iran Lost Its Supreme Leader, Its Navy, and Its Missiles — and Still Found the One Card That Forces America to Negotiate The war devastated Iran — its supreme leader killed, its navy and missile forces decimated, its economy in freefall. Yet Tehran limped on and... Caleb LarsonJuly 2, 2026
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More Saudi Arabia Just Refused to Let America Use Its Bases Against Iran — and Quietly Killed a Major U.S. Military Operation When Washington launched its operation to break Iran's grip on the Strait of Hormuz, it counted on Saudi bases — and Riyadh said no.... Brandon WeichertJuly 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