The Treaty Iran Has Quietly Built a Trap That Could Hand It the Strait of Hormuz Forever Summary and Key Points: Iran has quietly built the legal and bureaucratic machinery to take permanent control of the Strait of Hormuz. -In May... Harry J. KazianisMay 29, 2026
Dollars and Sense The Worst Oil Shock Since the 1970s Has Arrived — and Exxon Warns $160 Oil Is Weeks Away Summary and Key Points: The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has removed roughly a billion barrels of oil from the market, triggering the... Brent M. EastwoodMay 29, 2026
Dollars and Sense Iran Turned the Strait of Hormuz Into a Giant Toll Booth — and Ships Are Now Paying $2 Million to Cross Summary and Key Points: Iran has done more than close the Strait of Hormuz — it has claimed ownership of the route that carries... Andrew LathamMay 29, 2026
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More How the Iran War Could Pop America’s AI Bubble — Through a Helium Shortage Summary and Key Points: The closure of the Strait of Hormuz from the Iran War is now triggering second-order economic effects far beyond gas... Brandon WeichertMay 28, 2026
Dollars and Sense Trump Has a Problem: America Is Running Out of Emergency Oil at Record Speed and the Strait of Hormuz Won’t Open America’s emergency oil stockpile is shrinking at one of the fastest rates ever recorded as the war with Iran continues to disrupt energy flows... Jack BuckbyMay 28, 2026
Dollars and Sense Oil Tanker Traffic Through the Strait of Hormuz Has Collapsed From 130 Ships a Day to Just 10 Global oil markets are behaving as though the Strait of Hormuz crisis is not temporary, despite continued public optimism from the Trump administration about... Jack BuckbyMay 28, 2026
Dollars and Sense Gas Just Hit $4.50 and Diesel Is Up 50% Since the Iran War Began — and the Worst Hasn’t Hit Yet With the 2026 Midterms less than six months away, it is high time that the ruling Republican Party, generally, and the “Make America Great... Brandon WeichertMay 28, 2026
The Treaty Trump Could Invade Iran’s Coastline Near the Strait of Hormuz — Oil and Gas Still Won’t Flow Thanks to Long-Range Drone Strikes This morning, I went on my hometown radio station, 99.7 WPRO, in Providence, Rhode Island, to talk about the war in Iran and the... Harry J. KazianisMay 28, 2026
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More ‘He Looks Desperate’: Donald Trump’s Wildman Strategy to Bomb Allies over Strait of Hormuz Crisis Is Going to Backfire Everyone is again talking about a potential deal between the United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran that will end the war and... Brandon WeichertMay 27, 2026