It’s not just Hormuz. Another war is providing fresh price shocks to fuel and food.
The Middle East conflict overshadows outages in Russia and a ‘massive impact’ on diesel supplies Source：MarketWatch
Would you buy stock in a company whose own scientists think the product might kill you?
A former Anthropic employee said he was quitting this week and that AI companies are “gambling with our lives.” Source：MarketWatch
The 30-year mortgage rate just crossed 7% for the first time in over a year
Mortgage rates reached a new high in 2026, making it even more expensive to buy a home with a loan today. Source：MarketWatch
Elon Musk is pulling in even more cash. Meet his $23 billion underground venture.
The Boring Company, a tunneling startup that works closely with Tesla, just raised $3 billion through a private funding round. Source：MarketWatch
The future of retirement: Work until you die
Social Security, once seen as “oldage insurance,” will eventually disappear, this author predicts. Source：MarketWatch
Investors should be eating up these 9 restaurant stocks, analysts say
Contrarian investors have opportunities for doubledigit percentage gains in inflationbattered stocks, if gas prices come down. Source：MarketWatch
Why $500 checks won’t help Americans facing 15% increases in Obamacare premiums next year
Rising healthcare costs have been a major issue for lawmakers in recent years. Source：MarketWatch
OKX brings OpenAI and Anthropic bets to Europe as pre-IPO trading grows
The exchange is offering up to 10x leverage on privatecompany valuations alongside 100 tokenized stocks and ETFs. Source：CoinDesk
Europe’s top regulator questions Polymarket and Kalshi’s EU access, warns of authorization gaps
ESMA said that event contracts may fall under existing EU binaryoptions bans, cryptoasset frameworks like MiCA or national gambling laws. Source：CoinDesk
Polymarket names former Amazon finance chief Warren Jenson as its first CFO
Jenson becomes the prediction market’s first CFO as Polymarket builds its regulated U.S. exchange and global platform. Source：CoinDesk
Renewable-energy mandates are actually bad for consumers. They’re not great for solar stocks, either.
Renewableenergy mandates in blue states are a major driver of higher electricity bills, adding directly to the costofliving problem. Source：MarketWatch
Now’s your chance to make money during the best bond market for yields in decades — if you get over Treasury jitters
If you looking for high income in the bond market, without paying taxes, here’s how you figure out how much interest you’re actually being paid.…