The IMF’s 2026 scenarios show how equity indices could respond differently to energy shocks, inflation, yields, and regional exposure across global markets.
Weak data can lift stocks when markets expect easier policy, but that logic fails if inflation stays sticky or growth starts to look genuinely fragile.
Oil shocks can be traded in different ways. This piece explains how crude, ETFs, energy stocks and indices each react differently to the same move in oil.
How much power does a president really have over gas prices? A market analysis of Trump, Hormuz, global oil shocks, and the limits of White House control.
Self-sufficiency is lifting global costs as nations duplicate energy, chip, defense, and mineral supply chains, keeping inflation and rates structurally higher.
US CPI rose 2.4% in February, matching expectations and signaling stable inflation. Shelter and services rose, goods fell, while oil risks cloud outlook.
