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The alarm bells should be ringing louder in markets
From the Middle East crisis to Trump’s trade wars and everything in between, investors are seemingly ignoring the escalating risks growing for markets. They may live to regret it.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
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The battleground for Iran’s last stand could hold the world to ransom
Iran’s leader says he will not back down. Could he use a shipping choke point as leverage?
- Angus Holland and Jackson Graham
- Opinion
- Middle East at war
The ticking time bomb facing the global economy
It is arguably the most important choke point in the global energy supply chain and is under threat from the Middle East conflict.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
- Opinion
- Global economy
Trump and Saudi’s crown prince deserve each other
The impetuous crown prince and Donald Trump and his world of make-believe are all smiles as they make deals. But trouble is brewing.
- Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
- Opinion
- Oil
Trump and the oil cartel are on a collision course
There is a rising threat to a key part of Trump’s economic strategy.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
- Opinion
- Oil
Trump’s billionaire oil industry donors aren’t getting what they wished for
The US president said “drill, baby, drill” but his tariffs tanked the commodity’s price and they could reduce, not increase, production.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
- Opinion
- Oil
More than ‘a little disturbance’: Trump and OPEC are sinking the oil price
This week, OPEC+ did what Donald Trump has demanded and announced it would start increasing production, pushing oil prices down to three-year lows. Trump may get more than he bargained for.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
- Opinion
- Oil
Forget Trump’s ‘drill, baby, drill’ mantra. The oil giants won’t go for it
Donald Trump wants a massive boost in US oil production to lower US petrol prices. The oil bosses, however, are more interested in boosting shareholder returns.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
- Opinion
- Oil
‘Drill, baby, drill’: What if the world doesn’t need Trump’s ‘liquid gold’?
Donald Trump wants America to dominate the global oil market. But his plans to boost production come as demand for the fossil fuel has weakened.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
- Opinion
- Oil
Up or down?: The mystery over the oil market
The oil world has had a surprisingly calm reaction to the Middle East conflict this week. That could change quickly.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
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