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Oil Holds Above $90 as Hormuz Risk Reshapes Commodity Markets

Crude’s geopolitical premium is lifting energy shares and inflation risks even as copper and precious metals retreat from recent highs. Oil prices extended their advance Wednesday, keeping Brent crude above $90 a

August 19, 2026

Commodities

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Home Depot’s Sales Beat Shows Consumers Still Spending, But Cautiously

Home Depot’s stronger-than-expected quarter suggests U.S. homeowners remain willing to spend on maintenance and smaller projects even as high borrowing costs continue to restrain major renovations. Home Depot (HD) delivered a better

August 18, 2026

Business

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China’s Recovery Loses Momentum as Domestic Demand Weakens

July data showed softer factory output, weak consumer spending and a deepening investment contraction, increasing pressure on Beijing to support growth without further expanding industrial overcapacity. China’s economy entered the second half

August 17, 2026

World

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AI Infrastructure Trade Broadens as Chip Stocks Rebound

Investors are pushing back into semiconductors, memory and networking as artificial intelligence spending accelerates, but the market is demanding clearer evidence that record infrastructure investment can generate durable returns. The artificial intelligence

August 14, 2026

Technology

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Cooling Inflation Is a Reprieve, Not a Bull-Market Blank Check

Softer U.S. price data gives the Federal Reserve room to wait, but investors should resist treating a pause in tightening as the beginning of another easy-money cycle. The latest U.S. inflation numbers

August 13, 2026

Opinion

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Markets Brace for CPI as Oil Keeps Inflation Risk Alive

U.S. equities are entering Wednesday’s session cautiously as investors await July inflation data, with oil near $90 a barrel complicating hopes that easing price pressures will give stocks and bonds room to

August 12, 2026

Markets

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Oil Surges as Hormuz Uncertainty Rebuilds the Geopolitical Premium

Crude prices climbed sharply as renewed U.S.-Iran friction clouded hopes for normalized Gulf exports, reviving inflation risks across global commodity markets. Oil markets are again pricing diplomacy by the hour. Brent crude

August 11, 2026

Commodities

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Berkshire’s Cash Pile Starts Moving Under Greg Abel

Berkshire Hathaway’s new chief is putting more of the conglomerate’s enormous financial reserves to work, offering investors an early look at how capital allocation may evolve after Warren Buffett’s transition from the

August 10, 2026

Business

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U.S. Yen Intervention Tests Global Currency Coordination

Washington’s decision to sell euros while helping Japan defend the yen signals a more assertive approach to exchange rates and raises questions about cooperation among major central banks. The United States has

August 7, 2026

World

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AI Storage Stocks Sink as Strong Earnings Fail Wall Street’s New Test

Sandisk and Western Digital delivered booming results, but restrained outlooks showed how little room remains for disappointment across the AI infrastructure trade. Technology investors received another reminder Thursday that exceptional demand does

August 6, 2026

Technology

Oil Holds Above $90 as Hormuz Risk Reshapes Commodity Markets

Home Depot’s Sales Beat Shows Consumers Still Spending, But Cautiously

China’s Recovery Loses Momentum as Domestic Demand Weakens

Cooling Inflation Is a Reprieve, Not a Bull-Market Blank Check

Markets Brace for CPI as Oil Keeps Inflation Risk Alive

Oil Surges as Hormuz Uncertainty Rebuilds the Geopolitical Premium

Berkshire’s Cash Pile Starts Moving Under Greg Abel

U.S. Yen Intervention Tests Global Currency Coordination

AI Storage Stocks Sink as Strong Earnings Fail Wall Street’s New Test

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Oil Holds Above $90 as Hormuz Risk Reshapes Commodity Markets

Home Depot’s Sales Beat Shows Consumers Still Spending, But Cautiously

China’s Recovery Loses Momentum as Domestic Demand Weakens

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