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artemisia1

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3. The oil price alone will kill markets.

Reply to angrychair (Original post)

Mon Mar 9, 2026, 02:09 AM

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Key Oil Price Indicators (March 8, 2026):

WTI Crude: ~$112.59 - $115.81 per barrel
Brent Crude: ~$115.03 - $116.61 per barrel

Market Impact: Oil prices experienced a sharp rise of over 20% in one day, driven by the closing of the Strait of Hormuz and production cuts in the region.

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Stay Strong Everyone [View all] angrychair Monday OP

If you can't ride the ups and downs then you should put your money somewhere else LogDog75 Monday #1

yeah, we know what it's like during normal times Skittles Monday #2

That is only when the ENTIRE freakin' world economy isn't being catastrophically and long-term damaged and artemisia1 Monday #4

On the one hand, markodochartaigh Monday #6

The oil price alone will kill markets. artemisia1 Monday #3

Futures indicate dow will only drop 2% BlueWaveNeverEnd Monday #5

Futures are improving but the VIX is very high. Strap in. But I don't think they'll close down. Scrivener7 Monday #7