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The Trade Routes Iran Cannot Afford to Lose
The future of relations between Central Asian republics (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan) and Iran under a government now dominated by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is likely to feature pragmatic economic and transit cooperation amid heightened caution, with short-term disruptions from the 2026 conflict and longer-term continuity driven by mutual interests in connectivity and multipolarity. Iran's Shift to IRGC Leadership (as of mid-2026) Following...
Crude Oil Nosedives As Middle East Tension Eases After U.S. And Iran Pause Mutual Attacks
(RTTNews) - Crude oil prices have gone into a tailspin on Monday, extending the losses from Friday's plunge after the U.S. halted nearly two weeks of military attacks against Iran following which near-term oil supply-disruption concerns reduced.
A Skeptical Look at Elon Musk's AI Utopia
Our tech overlords tell us that artificial intelligence will soon create a world of abundance while solving our major problems such as climate change. Just so you know who I'm talking about, I have previously defined our tech overlords as "a grab bag of technology companies, technology scientists and inventors, and technology investors and journalists who have bewitched the modern world through inventions that speed up our daily lives without necessarily making them better." In a recent...
Gold Inches Higher As Middle East Tensions Ease, Crude Oil Plunges Sharply
(RTTNews) - Gold prices have advanced on Monday, extending the gains from Friday's session as a pause on mutual attacks by both the U.S. and Iran eased escalation tensions in the ongoing gulf crisis. Expectations of a tighter monetary policy in the U.S. diminished amid a freefall
China to Resell First US LNG Cargo in a Year Instead of Importing It
Chinese buyers that received the first U.S. LNG cargo in over a year plan to resell it on another market to profit from higher prices elsewhere and avoid paying a 25% tariff, sources familiar with the plans told Bloomberg on Monday. The Yangpu port in south China earlier this month received a cargo of U.S. LNG from the Plaquemines LNG export terminal operated by Venture Global in Louisiana’s Plaquemines Parish. This was the first U.S. shipment of gas to China in more than a year. But the gas...
Pentagon Suppliers Warn U.S. Won't Have Magnet Capacity By 2027
The Trump administration is weighing whether to extend access to some Chinese rare earth materials beyond the January 1, 2027 cutoff after U.S. producers acknowledged they cannot build sufficient domestic processing and magnet capacity before the deadline, Reuters reported on Monday. Industry executives and Pentagon suppliers told Reuters that U.S. processing and magnet manufacturing capacity remains insufficient to meet despite billions of dollars in federal support for new mines, separation...
Markets Cheer Pause in US-Iran Conflict, but Hormuz Closure Clouds Outlook
Risk sentiment improved markedly at the start of the week after the United States and Iran suspended military strikes over the weekend, encouraging investors to unwind part of last week’s geopolitical premium. Brent crude, which briefly traded above the psychologically important $100 mark last week amid fears of a prolonged supply disruption, opened sharply lower […] The post Markets Cheer Pause in US-Iran Conflict, but Hormuz Closure Clouds Outlook appeared first on ActionForex.
Houthi Threats Force Saudi Crude Tanker Onto Suez Route To Asia
The Houthi threats to shipping in the Red Sea and its chokepoint, the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, have forced at least one oil tanker carrying Saudi crude to Asia to choose the much longer route through the Suez Canal, the Mediterranean, and around Africa. The supertanker Olympic Luck, partially laden with Saudi crude at Yanbu on the Red Sea, transited the Suez Canal into the Mediterranean late on Sunday, according to shipping data monitored by Bloomberg. The U-turn from Bab el-Mandeb indicates that...
It’s Time to Weigh Up the Risks for the S&P 500
The US stock market is not factoring in the existing risks. Investors are increasingly focusing on the cash flows of S&P 500 companies. US stock indices have closed in the red the last two weeks, something that hasn’t happened since March. The stock market has weathered both the armed conflict in the Middle East and […] The post It’s Time to Weigh Up the Risks for the S&P 500 appeared first on ActionForex.
Gasoline in Australia Jumps to Highest Level Since March
Fuel prices in Australia hit last week the highest level since March as the hostilities in the Middle East drove international crude oil prices to the highest in two months. Australia’s nationwide gasoline prices hit in the week ending July 26 the highest since the end of March, at US$1.27 (AUS$1.82) per liter, which is about a quarter of a gallon, according to the Weekly Petrol Prices Report of the Australian Institute of Petroleum published on Monday. Diesel prices also jumped nationwide last...
De-Escalation Undermines the Greenback
The ceasefire in the Middle East has disrupted the greenback’s plans. Strong PMI data and falling oil prices are helping the euro. The US dollar faced a downward gap at the start of the week as the Middle East de-escalation of the conflict came as an unwelcome surprise to speculators who had built up net […] The post De-Escalation Undermines the Greenback appeared first on ActionForex.
Irish Energy Distributor Agrees to $7.7 Billion Takeover by KKR-Led Consortium
Irish energy distributor DCC Energy has agreed to be taken over by a consortium led by private equity heavyweight KKR and Energy Capital Partners. The deal values the company at close to $7.7 billion and is about $1 billion higher than KKR’s original offer, which was made in June. The Irish company is among Europe’s largest energy distribution businesses, supplying LPG, fuel oils, and other energy products across multiple international markets. The company has spent recent years reshaping its...