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About 25 million barrels of Iraqi Basrah crude are trapped on tankers in the Gulf. Iran claims control of the passage — so why is it blocking Iraq’s oil? Does Iran want the Iraqi government to go bancrupt? العراق: نحو 25 مليون برميل من نفط البصرة في السفن العالقة في الخليج

We have forgotten how bad 2022 crisis was. Commodity: price today (peak in 2022) Brent: $99 ($139) EU steel: $710 ($1,435) EU wheat: €200 (€438) US corn: $4.5 ($8.2) EU gas TTF: €51 (€339) Henry Hub gas: $2.9 ($9.7) German power: €95 (€984) Urea: $660 ($910)

“Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer the negative elements in your life, don’t sit at home and think about it. Go out and get busy.” — Dale Carnegie

📤EU dependence on Russian gas is increasing. 🛟Hormuz crisis puts Europe back in Putin's grip again! ⚓️Will Azerbaijan and Iraq increase oil exports via pipelines? 🌞Helium Shortage: We were the first to tell about it a month ago! Daily Energy Report open.substack.com/pub/afalhajji/…

With debt high and borrowing costs rising, governments can no longer defer hard fiscal choices. Trust is now essential to reconciling competing priorities, Era Dabla‑Norris and Rodrigo Valdes write in F&D magazine. imf.org/en/publication…

Global oil lifelines: the world’s most critical maritime chokepoints shaping energy flow and geopolitics.

🛢️165 years of oil price history in one chart Every spike on this chart has a name: 1864 — Civil War 1973 — Arab Oil Embargo 1979 — Iranian Revolution 1990 — Gulf War 2008 — Financial Crisis 2026 — We are here 🔴 Goldman's chart shows the price response is STILL smaller than

Brent Oil in 2026. Great chart from UBS.

"Markets take the stairs up and the elevator down." This chart proves it beyond any doubt. S&P 500. Every bull and bear market since 1949. Bull markets: → Average 5.3 years → Average +254% → Longest: 12.3 years, +841% Bear markets: → Average 1.0 years → Average −31% →

🚨 El S&P 500 cotiza hoy a 20x beneficios. En los suelos de los últimos 13 mercados bajistas, el PER medio fue 11,7x. 📊 PER en suelos de mercados bajistas históricos: 🔴 4/28/1942 → 7,2x 🔴 6/13/1949 → 5,7x 🔴 10/22/1957 → 11,2x 🔴 6/26/1962 → 15,5x 🔴 10/7/1966 → 13,3x 🔴

𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐝 𝐉. 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝟏𝟐:𝟎𝟏 𝐀𝐌 𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝟎𝟒.𝟎𝟖.𝟐𝟔 A big day for World Peace! Iran wants it to happen, they’ve had enough! Likewise, so has everyone else! The United States of America will be helping with the traffic buildup in the

Good women get picked between the ages of 18 and 25 Don't trust a single 30-year-old

$0 -> $100k, painfully slow $900k -> $1MM, shockingly fast. This is how compound works:

Une des multiples raisons de la hausse en cours 🟢 > Les estimations de bénéfices et de cours des analystes sont toujours orientés positivement pour l'année 2026. Peut être qu'ils seront révisés à la baisse, nous serons vite fixés, mais pour le moment c'est porteur.

💶 👨‍🦳 Average monthly pension in Europe (per beneficiary) 1.🇮🇸 Iceland — €3,169 2.🇱🇺 Luxembourg — €2,868 3.🇩🇰 Denmark — €2,545 4.🇳🇴 Norway — €2,431 5.🇨🇭 Switzerland — €2,380 6.🇦🇹 Austria — €2,156 7.🇳🇱 Netherlands — €2,118 8.🇧🇪 Belgium — €2,021 9.🇮🇪 Ireland — €2,005

In line with the ceasefire in Lebanon, the passage for all commercial vessels through Strait of Hormuz is declared completely open for the remaining period of ceasefire, on the coordinated route as already announced by Ports and Maritime Organisation of the Islamic Rep. of Iran.

Discipline can fix 80% of your problems

10 cognitive biases that destroy investor returns: 1. LOSS AVERSION Losing $1,000 hurts twice as much as gaining $1,000 feels good. So you hold losers too long and sell winners too early. 2. RECENCY BIAS Whatever happened last year feels like the new normal. You buy at peaks.

🏘️ Evolución media de los precios de la vivienda en la UE entre 2015 y 2024: 🇪🇸 +60,3% 🇩🇪 48% 🇫🇷 26% 🇮🇹 12% 🇵🇹 124% 🇧🇪 40% 🇩🇰 42% 🇮🇪 83% 🇭🇺 209% 🇳🇱 98% 🇦🇹 63% 🇵🇱 106% 🇸🇪 32% 🇨🇿 122% … 🇪🇺 53% Fuente: Eurostat.