Exxon Mobil

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World

January 5, 2026

Maduro’s Capture Sends Shockwaves Through Diplomacy and Oil Markets

A U.S. weekend raid in Venezuela reverberated from the U.N. to energy trading desks, with investors weighing the long road from political rupture to any meaningful change in global crude supply. The

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Opinion

January 29, 2026

Higher Oil And A Patient Fed Are Testing The Market’s “Soft Landing” Faith

With policymakers signaling fewer near-term cuts and crude jumping on geopolitics, investors are being forced to price both inflation risk and growth risk at once. The market’s biggest comfort trade for 2026

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Commodities

March 10, 2026

Oil’s Shock Wave Keeps Commodities on Edge

A violent move in crude, combined with resilient gold and still-elevated copper, is leaving commodity investors to price a world where geopolitics and structural supply strains matter more than the old assumption

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Oil’s Geopolitical Premium Returns as Metals Lose Momentum

Crude prices rose after renewed U.S.-Iran tensions refocused investors on supply risk, while gold and copper weakened as traders reassessed haven demand and growth-sensitive metals. Commodity markets opened the week with an

June 29, 2026

Commodities

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Oil Shock Puts Commodities Back at Center of Inflation Trade

A jump in crude prices after Iran’s move to restrict Strait of Hormuz traffic is testing whether investors can absorb another supply shock without reigniting broad inflation pressure. Crude oil returned to

June 11, 2026

Commodities

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Oil Relief Rally Tests Fragile Global Confidence

A pullback in crude prices offered investors a pause from Middle East-driven inflation fears, but global markets remain exposed to energy shocks, policy uncertainty, and uneven growth. Global markets found temporary relief

June 9, 2026

World

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Oil Surge Puts Inflation Risk Back In Focus

Crude’s rebound near $100 a barrel is forcing investors to reassess energy exposure, inflation expectations and the durability of the broader commodities rally. Oil markets moved back to the center of global

June 3, 2026

Commodities

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Oil’s Iran Premium Returns to Commodities Markets

Fresh Middle East escalation pushed energy back to the center of the commodities trade, reviving inflation concerns while gold and industrial metals sent more mixed signals. Oil reasserted itself as the market’s

May 26, 2026

Commodities

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Oil Shock Keeps Global Rally on Uneasy Footing

Global stocks advanced as investors weighed tentative U.S.-Iran diplomacy against the inflationary threat of elevated crude prices and fragile growth across Europe and Asia. Global markets ended the week with a familiar

May 22, 2026

World

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Oil Shock Rewrites the Commodity Trade

Crude’s renewed climb is pulling inflation risk back into focus, pressuring metals and reshaping investor expectations across energy, rates and consumer markets. Oil again became the center of the commodity market’s attention

May 18, 2026

Commodities

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Oil Reclaims Center Stage as Supply Risk Lifts Commodities

Crude’s rebound, firmer metals and resilient haven demand show investors repricing geopolitical risk across the raw-material complex. Oil returned to the center of the commodities trade Friday as renewed U.S.-Iran tensions pushed

May 8, 2026

Commodities

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Oil Retreats as Ceasefire Hopes Lift Global Risk Appetite

A diplomatic push to halt the U.S.-Iran conflict eased pressure on energy markets, sending oil lower and giving global equities a reprieve after weeks of geopolitical strain. Global investors moved back toward

May 6, 2026

World

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Oil Shock Recasts the Commodity Trade

Energy markets moved back to the center of global inflation risk as crude surged, gold steadied near record levels, and copper held close to historically elevated prices. The commodity market is again

April 30, 2026

Commodities

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Maduro’s Capture Sends Shockwaves Through Diplomacy and Oil Markets

Higher Oil And A Patient Fed Are Testing The Market’s “Soft Landing” Faith

Oil’s Shock Wave Keeps Commodities on Edge

Oil’s Geopolitical Premium Returns as Metals Lose Momentum

Oil Shock Puts Commodities Back at Center of Inflation Trade

Oil Relief Rally Tests Fragile Global Confidence

Oil Surge Puts Inflation Risk Back In Focus

Oil’s Iran Premium Returns to Commodities Markets

Oil Shock Keeps Global Rally on Uneasy Footing

Oil Shock Rewrites the Commodity Trade

Oil Reclaims Center Stage as Supply Risk Lifts Commodities

Oil Retreats as Ceasefire Hopes Lift Global Risk Appetite

Oil Shock Recasts the Commodity Trade

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