Wild days for the oil price

“Decapitation is not the end,” says John Authers on Bloomberg. “Anne Boleyn’s lips moved as her head was displayed to the crowd after her execution.” The assassination of Iran’s supreme leader Ayatoll

Issue of the week: the oil and gas ...

“Was that it?” A friend who used to be in the oil business and has seen quite a few spikes in the oil price was underwhelmed by Monday’s increase of around 7% in the price of Brent crude. The move was

The US-Israeli war on Iran, and Iran’s military response – and the de facto closure of the critical Strait of Hormuz chokepoint – have shaken financial markets across the world. The war has sent oil a

Issue of the week: central bankers and the ...

“Nobody knows anything.” Screenwriter William Goldman’s showbiz aphorism comes to mind when trying to keep up with the markets (see page 4) and global politics (see page 8). President Donald Trump sai