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Photorealistic illustration of an oil barrel, fuel nozzles with flames, scattered U.S. dollar bills, and a falling market arrow against a global financial backdrop.

Markets

March 20, 2026

Oil Shock Rewrites the Market Playbook

A surge in energy prices is rippling through equities, bonds and currencies as investors abandon hopes for quick rate cuts and brace for a more inflationary second quarter. Global markets are ending

A dramatic photorealistic scene showing an offshore oil tanker, an oil pumpjack at sunset, dark smoke on the horizon, and financial-market imagery symbolizing the return of energy-driven inflation and geopolitical risk.

Opinion

March 23, 2026

Markets Are Relearning the Price of Energy

The 2026 oil shock is not just a geopolitical story but a reminder that investors have spent too long treating energy risk as a temporary nuisance rather than a core macro variable.