Current price of oil as of September 18, 2026
At 8 a.m. Eastern Time on September 18, 2026, oil was priced at $104.33 per barrel with Brent serving as the benchmark (we’ll explain different benchmarks later in this article).…
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Kevin Warsh just revealed a huge change for the Fed. The press missed it
Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh has revealed himself. If not a card-carrying monetarist, he is at least a camp follower. This represents a dramatic change at the Fed, where the…
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The Iran war is minting new one-day millionaires: oil tankers brave enough to sail across the Strait of Hormuz
The 2026 economy has created a new throng of one-day millionaires, businesses raking in seven-figure sums in 24 hours or less. That includes teams at AI frontier labs like Anthropic,…
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Inside U.S. oil’s return to global wildcatting: ‘It’s like geo-porn’
A volcanologist working at the U.S. Geological Survey, Ezra Yacob made a career-defining leap in 2005 when he joined Houston oil producer EOG Resources and its geoscience team at the…
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‘A huge problem’: Trump has traded more stocks than all of Congress combined. A Bush-era ethics lawyer explains why you should worry
President Donald Trump has made more securities trades since returning to office than every member of Congress combined. Recommended Video According to a Bloomberg analysis published this week, he has…
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I fled communism. Are Gen Z drawn to it?
I recently came across a statistic that sent chills down my spine, having been born in a communist country. According to a recent Cato Institute Survey, four in ten (38%)…
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Top Chef finalist Brian Malarkey: After 27 restaurants, I’m betting big on my hometown Portland — and we’re headed for $10 million in sales this year
At the end of July, I made the biggest bet of my career. I bet on Portland. It’s the biggest because of what I put behind it. My brother and…
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‘Stealth wealth’ is reshaping luxury real estate: How the ultrarich buy multimillion-dollar mansions off the books
For the ultrawealthy, it used to largely be the case that they wanted their flashy home purchases and sales to be made very public: Think drone shots, a glossy listing,…
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A professor who teaches a course on Warren Buffett sees him more as a ‘guide toward how to live a successful life’ than how to invest
Even in the age of algorithms, short attention spans and TikTok teases, Warren Buffett continued to profit with his patient bargain-hunting approach while offering folksy advice on investing and life. Recommended Video…
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‘We’ve been free-riding off Beijing in a weird way’ — Oil prices are high but could be much worse. Trump has China’s Xi to thank for that
It could be much worse. Recommended Video When President Donald Trump launched his war against Iran in late February, energy analysts issued dire warnings that oil prices could more than double during a protracted conflict and…
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