07/24/26-Afternoon CommStock Report – A Busy End of the Week for Markets

The Commstock Report is a twice daily market report. 07/24/2026 A Busy End of the Week for Markets PLEASE REFER TO THE BROKER COMMENTARY PAGE FOR UPDATES!! Click Above to Watch Brian’s Afternoon Market Update Mark Twain is cited for saying that “God created war so that Americans would learn geography.” The notion fits in today’s world, as lately there have been a lot of obscure places popping up in the news, particularly for their connections to the conflict with Iran and the war in Ukraine. Many of the names are hard to pronounce waterways, like the Bab el Mandeb Strait, where the Houthi rebels in Yemen are targeting Saudi oil tankers moving out of the Red Sea. Getting to know the different Islamist groups is a whole nother story, what with the Houthis and Hezbollah and Hamas. If nothing else, Iran’s various proxy forces show how wide the conflict is spread out across the Middle East. Iran has been targeting U.S. assets in Iraq, Bahrain, Kuwait, and in Jordan, where three soldiers were killed last Friday at the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base. The U.S. has been retaliating with strikes on Iran’s largest port in Bandar Abbas. The Bandar Abbas port is…