The $111 Warning Shot Most People Are Ignoring Oil doesn’t spike like this without a reason—and it definitely doesn’t hover above $100 unless something bigger is brewing. We’re not looking at a normal market fluctuation. We’re looking at a system reacting to instability at one of the most critical choke points on Earth: the Strait of Hormuz. Roughly 20% of the world’s oil flows through that narrow strip of water. You disrupt that, even temporarily, and everything downstream starts to break. Prices already surged to $119, dipped briefly, and are now climbing again. That kind of volatility signals one thing: uncertainty mixed with fear. And markets hate both. The Real Story: Infrastructure Is Now a Target This isn’t just saber-rattling…

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