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17 articles tagged crude oil, newest first. Every price call in these articles was recorded when published and later checked against market data — see the track record.
Energy Is Pricing the Midterms. Gold Is Pricing the Fed. One of Them Is Wrong.
Crude sat in a holding pattern ahead of the U.S. midterms while bullion faded all day into the Fed decision. Gold closed $4,040.17, down 0.54%, in the lower thi...
Crude Is Passing Into Freight and Food. Gold Is Not Collecting the Toll.
Rising crude is showing up in Nigerian food prices and India's import bill, yet gold closed at $4,133.86 — down 5.6% over 30 sessions.
Russian Strikes Put a Risk Premium Back in Crude. Gold Shrugged for a Third Session.
Renewed Russian strikes cast doubt on the energy ceasefire and crude firmed, dragging Sensex down 548 points. Bullion closed at $4,160.59, its third straight re...
India Just Moved Its Crude Bill Off the Spot Market. The Barrels Didn't Move at All.
The RBI will sell dollars directly to IOC, BPCL and HPCL from Monday to keep their crude purchases out of the spot market. The import demand doesn't vanish — it...
Crude's Transit Tax Landed in Mumbai, Not in Gold — and That Tells You Who Is Paying
The US-Iran conflict is clogging seaborne crude and Asian equities are absorbing the bill. Gold closed at $4,370.61, up 1.25%, and is still down over the past f...
The Rhine Ran Dry and Crude Caught a Bid — Gold Moved Eighty-Seven Cents
Two chokepoints tightened in the same week, one freshwater and one salt. Crude rose more than a dollar a barrel; gold closed at $4,375.69, down $0.87.
Talks Deadlocked, Brent Held $80, and Gold Cleared $4,400 — Somebody Is Underwriting This Premium
US-Iran negotiations went nowhere and energy names bid anyway. Gold closed at $4,413.41, up $45.69, its first look above the round number in this stretch.
Hormuz Has Become a Condition, Not an Event — and Gold Sat Out the Session
US crude added about 5% on the Hormuz stalemate, yet gold closed at $4,388.62, lower by $1.38. The risk premium is being paid in freight and barrels rather than...
Hormuz Stays Shut, Crude Bids, Gold Slips — Somebody Is Paying for Risk Twice
Shipping through Hormuz remained a trickle and Brent added 0.9% to $84.32. Gold went the other way, closing $6.26 lower at $4,335.93. The geopolitical bid has m...
Wednesday Stacks the IEA and OPEC Balance Sheets on Top of CPI — Gold Barely Blinked
Two oil balance sheets and a US inflation print land the same day this week. Gold closed the weekend at $4,342.32, up nine cents, which tells you nobody wanted...
Houthis Hit Saudi Arabia, Brent Clears $83 — and Gold Took the Message Seriously
An attack on Saudi territory pushed Brent above $83 and gold added $80.73 to $4,321.55, a 1.90% session that started from a flat open. A 4.67% 10-year didn't sl...
Hormuz Reopens on Paper, Gold Adds $114 — Somebody Isn't Buying It
Tanker traffic through Hormuz may resume within days and crude sold off. Gold rallied 2.82% anyway — which says today's bid was a dollar-and-rates trade dressed...
Nine Nights of Strikes Put Brent Above $90 — Gold Shrugged, and One of Them Is Wrong
A ninth consecutive night of US attacks on Iran pushed Brent back over $90 a barrel, yet gold sat frozen at $4,010. The two war hedges are telling incompatible...
The War Premium Changes Hands: Oil Pauses at a One-Month High While Gold Finally Bids
Crude did all the work for a week — a 15% surge, $4 gasoline — then edged lower Tuesday just as gold rose 1.5% on dip-buying. The fear trade is migrating, and o...
Gold Frozen at $4,010.51 While the US-Iran Conflict and an Oil Surge Load the Week Ahead
Bullion barely printed a 25-cent range on Sunday even as West Asia tensions and firm crude cloud the outlook. The calm on the screen contradicts everything on t...
Gold Closes 26.7% Up Its Range at $4,035.25 — Selling the Hedge While the Gulf Still Smolders
A tanker sits disabled off Kharg Island and crude holds near $85, yet gold gave back $25.18. The consensus calls it a dead hedge; the session's structure argues...
Gold Slips to $4,035.25 as the War Premium Bleeds Even With Tankers Still Burning
Crude near $85 on a disabled Iran-linked tanker, yet gold gave back $25.18. The safe-haven bid faded off a $4,068.68 high — and the close in the lower third tel...