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 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
The Treaty ‘Marked for Death’: Iran Just Barred Its New Supreme Leader From His Own Father’s Burial Over Israeli Assassination Fears Iran's new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, reportedly asked to emerge from hiding to bury his father in Mashhad on July 9 — but security... Jack BuckbyJuly 5, 2026
The Treaty Iran Is Burying the Supreme Leader America Killed — With 20 Million Mourners Expected and a Warning That Any Strike Means “Harsh Retaliation” Five months after U.S. and Israeli strikes killed Ayatollah Khamenei in the war's opening wave, Iran has begun a week-long state funeral it calls... Jack BuckbyJuly 4, 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