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US & Iran Trade Fresh Strikes, SK Hynix Shares Fall Most on Record | The Opening Trade 7/13/2026

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Iran asked the US to call off their attack dog in Lebanon and Palestine.
The first paragraph of the MOU contains the clause
about stopping attacks on Lebanon Civilians
by the NuttyYahoo.
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Seems you guys misplaced your oil glut of last week 😂😂😂😂
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JUST SO LONG AS THEY'RE "FRESH'.
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Maybe we’ll quit hearing stupidity from Iran soon. Maybe the president will quit shocking us with a new pronouncement daily. Maybe we can achieve some degree of peace for a few days,
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You are spot on. During the severe July 2026 heatwave, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) issued emergency directives forcing massive AI and cloud data centers in the Mid-Atlantic to disconnect from the public grid and run on backup power.This unprecedented federal intervention aimed to protect the electrical grid from catastrophic failure and prevent rolling blackouts for millions of Americans.The Details of the CrisisThe Directive: Energy Secretary Chris Wright authorized grid operator PJM Interconnection (which serves 67 million people across 13 states including Kentucky, and D.C.) to order data centers drawing over \(50\) MW of power to switch to on-site backup generators as a last resort.The Cause: Brutal triple-digit heat indexes drove unprecedented demand for residential air conditioning, threatening to push power consumption past records set in 2006.The Exemption: Critical infrastructure like hospitals, 911 centers, water treatment facilities, and defense sites were strictly exempted from the mandate.This event has sparked intense debate over how the aging U.S. electrical grid can manage the massive energy demands of artificial intelligence in the future.
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The stock market is largely "ignoring" global oil disruptions because Wall Street is hyper-focused on corporate earnings, massive technology sector growth, and an assumption that central banks will prevent a deep recession. Additionally, the U.S. economy is structurally less vulnerable to oil spikes than it was decades ago.The dynamic breaks down into a few specific areas:Global Market Pricing: The price of oil is set globally, meaning even though the U.S. is largely energy-independent, events like the Russian-Ukraine war, conflicts in the Middle East, and attacks on energy infrastructure affect the global benchmark price. If oil prices go up worldwide, the price at American gas stations rises as well.Sector Shifts in the Economy: The U.S. has transitioned into a service- and tech-heavy economy, meaning it requires less oil per dollar of GDP than it did in the 1970s. Higher gas prices act like a tax on the everyday consumer, which hurts retail and discretionary spending, but massive profits in other sectors (like AI and technology) can outweigh these losses on major indexes like the S&P 500.