Brent Above $110: What the Iran Oil Shock Means for Your Stocks

Oil prices have jumped back above $110 a barrel just as U.S. stocks log a fifth straight losing week and the Nasdaq slips into correction. This isn’t just another bad headline about the Iran war – it’s an energy shock that’s pushing up inflation expectations, lifting bond yields, and turning what started as a tech pullback into a broad market chill. For regular investors, that means higher living costs **and** a shakier portfolio, a big shift in which sectors hold up, and a market that’s more sensitive than usual to every piece of war and inflation news.