Blockade Threat Shakes Oil Markets | Bloomberg Open Interest 4/13/2026

John Kartsonas, founder and managing partner at Breakwave Advisors, joins Katie Greifeld and Eric Balchunas on "Bloomberg ETF IQ." Every twist in the Iran conflict shows up almost instantly in the Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF (ticker: BWET) that has become the best-performing ETF of 2026. The fund has gained over 1400% over the past year. (Source: Bloomberg)

Oracle has lost more than a fifth of its value this year on AI disruption concerns.

The firm, which manages $14 trillion for clients, said in its weekly market note that it raised the rating a notch to overweight from neutral.

Rebecca Babin, senior equity trader and managing director at CIBC Private Wealth, said that the markets are using a two month base case as the predicted time it would take to get oil production back up and running after the end of war with Iran, a timeline she finds 'optimistic.' Babin said that even if US oil exports grows to 5 million barrels a day, it still won't be enough to fill in the supply lost to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. (Source: Bloomberg)