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September 26, 2026
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Energy & Commodities, Guides

Diesel at $6.52: What an Export Ban Would Actually Do

The average American driver paid $6.52 for a gallon of diesel this week, a record high, up from $3.69 a year ago. Diesel is the fuel that moves the...

September 25, 2026
Boldly Financial
Analysis, Energy & Commodities

Seven Days That Could Decide $100 Oil: The Hormuz Proposal Moving Markets

On Thursday, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Iran’s foreign minister laid out a proposal with a clock on it. Abbas Araghchi told...

September 24, 2026
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Energy & Commodities, Guides

How a 5% Oil Spike in One Morning Travels All the Way to Your Grocery Bill

On Thursday, West Texas Intermediate crude surged nearly 5% in a single session to around $96.70 a barrel, according to live market coverage from Investor’s Business Daily. If you...

September 24, 2026
Boldly Financial
Analysis, Energy & Commodities

The 24 Hours When Washington Argued About Your Diesel

On Tuesday afternoon, the president of the United States said he backed a ban on diesel exports. By Wednesday morning, the White House was denying any such plan existed....

September 23, 2026
Boldly Financial
Analysis, Energy & Commodities

Oil Dips on a Whisper of Diplomacy, Diesel Gets a Political Shock, and the Tanker Market Goes Through the Roof

The price of oil fell on Wednesday, and the reason was a rumor. Brent crude futures dropped 0.75% to $98.51 a barrel in early Asian trading, while U.S. benchmark...

September 22, 2026
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Analysis, Energy & Commodities

The $6.53 Question: Why America Is Talking About Banning Diesel Exports

If you want to understand what Tuesday felt like in the real economy, skip the Nasdaq’s record for a moment and look at the price of diesel. The national...

September 22, 2026
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Breaking, Energy & Commodities

Iran Says It Could Reopen the Strait of Hormuz in Seven Days

The most important sentence of the morning did not come from Wall Street. It came from a senior Iranian official, who told Reuters that Tehran could reopen the Strait...

September 21, 2026
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Analysis, Energy & Commodities

A Dozen Ships Crossed the Strait of Hormuz This Weekend. Before the War, It Was 125 a Day.

A dozen commodity vessels transited the Strait of Hormuz over the weekend, down from 35 the prior weekend, according to preliminary data from analytics firm Kpler reported Monday by...

September 20, 2026
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Energy & Commodities, News

Oil’s Wild Week: A $109 Spike, a Shut Pipeline, and a Friday Retreat

Crude oil spent the week as the market’s wildest story. Brent crude touched roughly $109 a barrel early in the week after attacks on Saudi energy infrastructure shut down...

September 19, 2026
Boldly Financial
Analysis, Energy & Commodities

The 100% Tariff Club: Inside the New Law Rewriting the Oil Map

On Friday, September 18, President Trump signed a piece of legislation that could redraw the global energy map — and your gas prices with it. The Lindsey O. Graham...