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Iran threatens to choke off world's busiest oil route — buy energy stocks before the pump
Iran just walked away from nuclear negotiations with the U.S. and is threatening to shut down the Strait of Hormuz — a narrow waterway that roughly one-fifth of the world's oil passes through every day.
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The Strait of Hormuz handles about 20% of global oil shipments. Any real disruption — or even credible threat — has historically sent oil prices spiking within days. Oil was already climbing on fresh U.S.-Iran hostilities, and this escalation is the most severe yet. Energy stocks like ExxonMobil and Chevron tend to move in lockstep with crude prices and offer a cleaner trade than oil futures for most retail traders. The move could be sharp and fast, so the window is early.
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