Iran Didnt Need A Navy To Close Hormuz And Block Oil Exports - March 8, 2026 14:24

Iran’s been threatening to close the Strait of Hormuz for decades and everyone always said yeah but they never actually will, because their own exports go through it.. well turns out they didnt need to formally close it at all. A few drone strikes on tankers near the strait, a radio broadcast from the IRGC […]

Brent Smashes Higher As The Strait Of Hormuz Is Closed - March 7, 2026 23:33

Well that escalated, didnt it? Brent Oil was sat around $70 a barrel last Friday looking like it might drift lower and then the US and Israel went and bombed Iran over the weekend and everything changed. By Monday morning the Brent Oil price had gapped up 9 percent to nearly $80 and WTI wasnt […]

Iran Talks Go Nowhere and Oil Price Shrugs - February 14, 2026 23:38

Oil prices had one of those weeks where they looked like they wanted to go somewhere then just.. didnt. Brent crude price finished around $68 a barrel down from nearly $70 the week before, the whole Iran situation has markets uncertain. Trump said the talks were going well Tehran called it a step forward, but […]

Silver and Gold Keep Traders On Heat - February 12, 2026 1:17

Gold had a decent week and I think people are starting to forget how ugly things looked not that long ago. We were sat below $4,700 at one point after the Warsh selloff and now here we are back above $5,080 like nothing happened.. futures even poked above $5,126 on Wednesday morning which is the […]

Silver’s Getting Loud, Gold’s Ready to Get Started - September 21, 2025 10:31

So gold this week, I mean it kind of just sat there, right under those highs, and it looked like maybe it wanted to push but then nothing really happened, not in a clean way anyway. Traders keep circling the Fed, the whole interest rate thing and it feels like everyone’s waiting for inflation numbers […]

Gold Soars on Tariff Shock as Copper Holds Steady - August 9, 2025 6:33

Gold prices have been staying near their high range for almost three months since Donald Trump decided to play with his tariffs. This week prices briefly shot above $3,500 per troy ounce when reports surfaced of hefty new U.S. tariffs on one kilogram gold bars 39% on imports from Switzerland spooking markets and pushing futures […]

Copper Prices Drift in the Wake of a Surprise Tariff Shock - July 27, 2025 12:40

Copper had a volatile week. Futures climbed early in the week, peeking around $5.84 per pound before easing back to settle around $5.79 on Friday. That’s still near the upper end of its 52‑week range and sellers seemed hesitant given the backdrop of trade headlines and inventory shifts. The big story was a surprise announcement […]

Gold Prices Retreat from Highs Amid Easing Geopolitical Tensions - July 26, 2025 22:51

Early this week, gold followed a typical “safe haven” pattern but then turned to drop back in price. During the first part of the week the price of gold skyrocketed, reaching as high as $3,433 per ounce which was the highest it’s been for a number of weeks. This rapid increase was caused mostly by […]

Crude Oil Prices Keep Sliding as Opec Floods Market - May 5, 2025 13:10

In recent months, the price of crude oil has seen a notable drop, as Brent crude fell more than 20% from mid-January, now hovering near $60 per barrel – a low not seen in four years. A mix of reasons has pushed this decline, such as OPEC+ pumping out more oil, a dip in the […]