NYSE trading floor with screens showing stocks sliding as rising U.S. Treasury yields and Walmart (WMT) earnings pressure risk assets on August 20, 2026.
NYSE trading floor with screens showing stocks sliding as rising U.S. Treasury yields and Walmart (WMT) earnings pressure risk assets on August 20, 2026.
Oil has once again become the market’s most consequential commodity, part inflation gauge, part geopolitical barometer, and, lately, an unscheduled reminder that energy infrastructure is not merely plumbing. With Brent crude trading above $107 per barrel and West Texas Intermediate above $102…