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The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCR) said on Thursday that US-Israeli strikes have damaged more than 20,000 “civilian units” since the US and Israel launched the war against Iran on February 28. The group, whose rescue workers are responding to strikes across the country, said that the figure includes 17,353 residential units, 4,122 commercial units, […]

Andurand's "Hedge" Fund Lost 52% In First Two Weeks Of April On Levered Oil Bets Three weeks ago, when Bloomberg pointed out that Andurand was the best performing hedge fund in March thanks to its notorious levered long oil positioning (and really nothing else), we said they may want to refresh his exposure after the April 7 oil crash. May want to F5 on Andurand after today's near record oil crash https://t.co/tlkgz3dXJa — zerohedge (@zerohedge) April 8, 2026 Three weeks later, they did: according to a report published this morning, Pierre Andurand’s largest "hedge...

US Oil Exports Soar To New Record High As Inventories Tumble, SPR Drained Most Since October 2022 One week ago we lamented that the record oil inventory drawdown, which has seen over 250 million barrels drained from storage since the start of the war, has not led to higher oil prices (for those who missed it, Goldman forecast that global visible oil inventories are likely to reach record-low levels even in an optimistic scenario where Hormuz flows start to recover by the end of April). Moments ago the already precarious inventory picture...