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fujiyamasan

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15. Isn't everyone tired of winning?

Reply to Wicked Blue (Original post)

Tue May 5, 2026, 03:15 PM

18 hrs ago

Oil stocks did well on the run up but the disruption to oil production hasn’t led to the profits expected (yet anyways). Exxon and Chevron had earnings on Friday.

https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/05/01/exxon-xom-chevron-cvx-q1-2026-earnings.html

By the time the war started most of the gains were already had. The insiders close to the administration likely already profited by then.

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