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09.10.26 - 22:00
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Treasury Hits Remaining ′Shadow Fleet′ Shipping Iranian Oil To Asia With New Sanctions (ZeroHedge)
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Treasury Hits Remaining 'Shadow Fleet' Shipping Iranian Oil To Asia With New Sanctions
The Trump administration is late this week moving to identify, punish, and cut off remaining tankers in Iran's so-called 'shadow fleet' which are still engaged in shipping Iranian oil to Asia.
Thursday saw the US Treasury impose sanctions on 17 vessels and their owners involved in transporting Iranian crude oil, petroleum products and petrochemicals - with these being mostly aging oil tankers which conduct ship-to-ship transfers and other evasive, concealment tactics.
via ShutterstockThe Treasury Department hailed the action as effectively neutralizing the vast majority of the Islamic Republic's remaining shadow fleet, through which Tehran still rakes in potentially billions in foreign oil sales, circumventing the ongoing US naval blockade of its ports.
However, it's commonly estimated that some 20 million barrels of Iranian crude remain aboard ships which are far outside the reach of the Persian Gul...
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08.10.26 - 15:42
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Futures Slide As Oil Jumps On Iran Strike Report, Bond Rout Resumes Ahead Of 30Y Auction (ZeroHedge)
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Futures Slide As Oil Jumps On Iran Strike Report, Bond Rout Resumes Ahead Of 30Y Auction
US equity futures are lower, extending Wednesday's decline, with the S&P sliding further from Tuesday's record high as oil spikes on reports that Trump may order fresh strikes on Iran before the midterms, a tanker was hit off Qatar in the first strike deep inside the Persian Gulf in about a month, and an approaching storm has shut some US output; as a result the global bond rout picks up where it left off with 10Y yields hitting 5.35%. As of 8:00 am ET, S&P futures are 0.4% lower at 7,820 and Nasdaq futures are down 0.5%, while Dow and Russell futures are both down 0.8%. This follows a session in which the S&P (-0.2%) slipped from its record, almost three-quarters of the index fell and the Russell 2000 (-1.3%) sank to a 4-month low. In premarket trading, Tesla and Nvidia underperform their Mag 7 peers as chip, growth and AI-related stocks trend lower, while Microsoft and Apple edge higher; Defensives lea...
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04.10.26 - 23:36
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US Treasury Grants Sanctions Waiver For Some Iranian Flights To Iraq (ZeroHedge)
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US Treasury Grants Sanctions Waiver For Some Iranian Flights To Iraq
Via The Cradle
The office of Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi announced on Friday that Baghdad has secured a narrow exemption from US sanctions on Iran's aviation sector, allowing Iranian airlines to resume up to 40 daily flights to Najaf International Airport.
The deal excludes Mahan Air, the statement said, welcoming US “cooperation in granting the necessary exemption.” It added that the move would ease travel for pilgrims, patients, and tourists affected by the sanctions.
Wiki Commons“Air travel does not merely represent transportation between two airports, but rather a bridge of communication between peoples,” it added.
Najaf is the chief hub for Iranian flights into Iraq, serving Iraqi Shia pilgrims bound for Iran's holy cities and Iranians visiting shrines in Iraq. Iraq's announcement came a day after Tehran called for the restrictions to be lifted.
Iran's Foreign Ministry condemned Washington's “ill...
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01.10.26 - 21:01
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Treasury targets Iranian auto, rail sectors in latest round of sanctions (The Hill)
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The Treasury Department sanctioned Iranian auto and rail industries on Thursday, the latest salvo in its economic campaign against the Islamic Republic. The Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned the entirety of those industries, which the administration views as critical sources of funding for the regime, the department noted in a release. The......
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28.09.26 - 15:03
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Futures Slide As Oil Jumps, Bond Selloff Resumes After Trump Spurns Iran Offer (ZeroHedge)
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Futures Slide As Oil Jumps, Bond Selloff Resumes After Trump Spurns Iran Offer
US futures are lower with Tech underperforming, alongside a drop in treasuries, as fading hopes for an imminent breakthrough in the Iran war sent oil prices higher and reignited worries that inflation is heating up. As of 8:00am ET, S&P 500 futures are down around 0.5% with Nasdaq futures sliding by 0.8% as semis and memory stocks underpeform the group. Defensives are leading cyclicals with credit cards, defense, energy, insurance, and restaurants acting as pockets of strength. Oil is sharply higher after Iran stuck to its seven-day proposal for reopening the crucial Strait of Hormuz, saying it won't soften its conditions, while Donald Trump sent mixed signals about his willingness to reach a deal. He told Axios that Tehran has overplayed its hand but added that he expects negotiations to resume this week. Adding to tensions, UK police are investigating a potential terror plot after five men were arrested near ...
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25.09.26 - 13:42
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Bond Selloff Fades, US-Iran Said to be Exploring Phased Deal, Trump-Xi Summit (Bloomberg)
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US Treasuries steady after a selloff drove global yields to the highest in decades, while US equity futures extend gains for the week. Oil falls as the US and Iran negotiators explore a phased deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The Trump-Xi summit delivers the pageantry, but few substantive announcements. Anna Rosenberg of Amundi Investment Institute joins "Bloomberg Brief" to dive deeper into the takeaways from the Trump-Xi summit. Max Kettner of HSBC discusses the week in Treasuries. (Source: Bloomberg)...
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21.09.26 - 18:01
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Stocks, Bonds Climb as Oil Falls on US-Iran Hopes (Bloomberg)
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Stocks and bonds kicked off the week on a positive note as hopes for diplomatic efforts to end the war in Iran drove oil prices lower, easing inflation anxiety.
The advance in equities erased the S&P 500's decline for the month, with a renewed rally in chipmakers also buoying sentiment.
Omar Aguilar, CEO and CIO of Schwab Asset Management, joins for a broad look across asset classes for the rest of 2026. (Source: Bloomberg)...
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18.09.26 - 17:00
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Treasury Sanctions Crypto Exchange Behind Iran′s Bitcoin Tolls On Hormuz Ships (ZeroHedge)
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Treasury Sanctions Crypto Exchange Behind Iran's Bitcoin Tolls On Hormuz Ships
Via Decrypt.co,
The U.S. Treasury has sanctioned BitBank, naming the Iranian exchange it says carried the Bitcoin that shipping companies paid for safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz.
Since June, the Office of Foreign Assets Control said, the Hormuz Safe Marine Services Authority has used BitBank to pass the payments it collects on to the Iranian regime. That authority was the body charging vessels in Bitcoin for transit rights, a scheme Treasury designated in July.
Today, as part of Operation Economic Outcast, the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated key components of the Iranian regime's digital assets-based sanctions evasion infrastructure. Targets include BitBank, a priority digital assets...
— Treasury Department (@USTreasury) September 17, 2026
Between June and July, Treasury says, BitBank was used to move "hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of Bi...
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10.09.26 - 15:24
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ECB raises interest rates to 2.5% amid warning Iran war is fuelling inflation (The Guardian)
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Borrowing costs soar in Europe and oil tops $105 a barrel as bank flags mounting price pressures in eurozoneBusiness live – latest updatesThe European Central Bank has raised interest rates to 2.5% and warned that the risk of higher inflation over the next year has risen following renewed fighting in the Middle East.It came as government bonds soared on a jump in oil and gas prices overnight after the latest US and Iran attacks on ships in the strait of Hormuz. Continue reading......
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10.09.26 - 14:36
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ECB Hikes Interest Rates for Second Time Since Iran War (Bloomberg)
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The European Central Bank increased interest rates for the second time since the Iran war started, responding to signs inflation is set to stay well above 2%. The deposit rate was lifted by a quarter-point to 2.5%. Bloomberg's Oliver Crook reports from Berlin. (Source: Bloomberg)...
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