Oil Spikes as Widening Iran Crisis Disrupts Flows Through Hormuz

China’s Five-Year Plan to Target Fixes to Commodities Supply

Chinese leaders will launch a pivotal five-year plan this week that’ll help shape global commodities markets through the end of the decade. Their fixes targeting supply will be as important as the impact of their decisions on demand.

Iran Strikes Expose the Dark Edge Case of Prediction-Market Era

Prediction markets have spent the past year courting Wall Street money and Washington legitimacy with an ambitious pitch: markets that let people bet on real-world events can produce better, faster information than any alternative.

UK to Let US Use Military Bases to Destroy Iranian Missile Depots

Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the UK has allowed the US to make use of British military bases for the specific purpose of destroying Iranian missile depots. Britain accepted a request from the US to use its bases “for that specific and limited defensive purpose,” Starmer said Sunday in a video posted on X. (Source: Bloomberg)

Japanese Stocks Set to Slide as Iran Crisis Saps Risk Appetite

Japanese shares are poised to open lower in Tokyo as US-Israeli strikes on Iran hit risk appetite and boosted oil prices.

Gold Climbs as Middle East War Drives Investor Rush to Safety

Gold rose, as war in the Middle East rattled markets and sent investors flocking to safer assets.

Oil Jumps Most in Four Years as Markets React to Conflict in Iran