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Middle East tensions push oil prices up — ride the energy rally with oil stocks

Tensions between the US and Iran are flaring up again, with recent clashes making a peace deal look unlikely. Because the conflict is in a major oil-producing region, the threat to global oil supply is pushing gas and oil prices higher.

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Oil prices are jumping as clashes between the US and Iran threaten a fragile peace agreement and disrupt a key global shipping route for oil. When geopolitical conflicts suddenly threaten oil supplies, energy companies and oil prices tend to rise quickly as investors brace for shortages. Because the situation is actively escalating, this upward pressure on oil could continue in the short term. Buying a broad basket of energy stocks or an oil-tracking fund is a straightforward way to play this tension.

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