oil

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Oil became the more direct way to bet on geopolitical disruption, while AI-linked tech stocks offered a clearer growth story and stronger earnings momentum.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

Oil prices remain below the $100 a barrel level reached for much of the conflict.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

Oil analysts have been scratching their heads for months about why prices haven’t risen more.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

Oil tankers also won’t immediately resume transiting through the Strait of Hormuz at full-bore even if the U.S.-Iran conflict dies down, adding to pressures propping prices up.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

“It was pioneer days,” Jean Paul, who founded the Getty Oil Company, later recalled.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann