Shipping and energy
War-risk premiums on Gulf transits now dwarf the freight itself (FairwayETA, August 2026)
The strait stays open on paper because a handful of London underwriters decide each morning what a passage through it is worth, and this month their answer is more than the cargo earns.
PERSIAN GULF · 1,255 WORDS
Energy shipping
The naval blockade stopped Iran's tankers, not China's purchases
Washington can stop the ships at sea, but the barrels now pile up on Chinese waters waiting for a buyer Beijing has not yet forbidden anyone to be.
PERSIAN GULF / EAST ASIA · 919 WORDS
Credit
The buyers refusing AI bonds are pushing the same debt into places nobody can mark
Public markets priced the AI buildout honestly, so the buildout moved its debts to balance sheets that answer to no daily quote and a regulator just started asking what those holdings are actually worth.
UNITED STATES · 1,104 WORDS
Credit
The AI debt that scares fund managers is the visible half
The bonds everyone argues about are the receipt; the bill is being written in lease commitments, chip contracts and insurance-company balance sheets where nobody can mark them.
UNITED STATES · 1,387 WORDS