Middle East

America struck three Iranian nuclear sites on Saturday in an impressive coordinated attack called “Operation Midnight Hammer.”

Strikes against Iran included dozens of U.S. military assets including fighter jets, bombers, refueling tankers, and a submarine.

The energy market is undergoing a live stress test, Carolyn Kissane writes.

Shares in major oil companies rose, but they weren’t matching the sort of eye-popping gains investors might have expected after the U.S. bombed three key nuclear sites in Iran.

Beijing said following the U.S. attacks on Iran that it is seeking negotiations to end the fighting.

Important news on taxes and spending, tariffs, and what role the U.S. will play in the Israel-Iran war could land as the market heads into earnings season.

Oil prices were climbing as futures began trading. Israel’s stock market hit a record on Sunday.

The U.S. strikes Iranian nuclear facilities, the president says.

U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard changes her assessment of Iran’s nuclear capabilities, now saying that Iran has the capability to produce nuclear weapons ‘within weeks to months.’

Israel has refrained from directly targeting Iranian oil-export facilities. It’s a calculated strategy, Skip York writes in a guest commentary.

European officials are set to meet their Iranian counterpart in Geneva Friday to discuss Iran’s nuclear program and ending the war. 

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Trump kept the world guessing on whether the U.S. would join Israel in attacking Iran.

Investors are looking for evidence of supply disruption in crude markets as the conflict enters its sixth day.

Those with investible assets between $1 million and $5 million rose more than four times to 52 million individuals—nearly 40% of whom live in the U.S., according to UBS..

The president’s mixed messages may confuse the Iranians and financial markets.

Investors shouldn’t read too much into daily moves in the sector. They have become a gauge of global tensions.

The president abruptly left the G-7 meeting in Alberta, Canada amid a new wave of missiles exchanged between Israel and Iran.

The software analytics company had 17 record closes just this year—five of them this month

Investors seem to still see the Israel-Iran war as a blip in a fundamentally bearish oil market.

The greatest risk the oil markets face is that Iran retaliates against Israel airstrikes by closing the Strait of Hormuz, which is critical to global energy shipments.

The Wall Street Journal says Iran is looking to return to the negotiating table.

Oil prices are easing. That’s not likely to last.

Analysts say oil prices could surge to more than $100, and perhaps as high as $120, if the conflict grows substantially.

The dollar just gave a clear example of a risk-off environment—but it isn’t performing well overall.