Investing.com
Israeli-founded financial markets data platform; cited source for Brent crude pricing in U#105.
Last refreshed: 22 May 2026 · Appears in 1 active topic
Why does Lowdown cite Investing.com for oil price data rather than official exchange figures?
Timeline for Investing.com
Brent reprices around Khamenei's uranium directive
Iran Conflict 2026- Who owns Investing.com and where is it based?
- Investing.com was founded in 2007 by Israeli entrepreneurs Oded Hermoni and Eldar Boguslavsky and is owned by Investing.com Group. It operates from Israel with offices in several countries.
- Is Investing.com a reliable source for Brent crude oil prices?
- Investing.com aggregates Brent Crude data from ICE Futures Europe feeds and is generally consistent with official settlement prices within the same trading session. It is a credible secondary source for indicative spot pricing but not authoritative for official settlement figures.
- What happened to Brent crude prices after Khamenei's uranium directive?
- Brent Crude repriced on 22 May 2026 as markets absorbed the diplomatic risk from Mojtaba Khamenei's order that Iran's 60%-enriched uranium stockpile remain inside the country, removing the negotiable item that had been sustaining optimism premia.Source: Investing.com
Background
Investing.com is cited as the source for the Brent Crude price figure in Lowdown's U#105 briefing on 22 May 2026, where sovereign-pen risk from Mojtaba Khamenei's uranium-stay directive repriced the oil benchmark. The platform provides real-time and delayed pricing data for stocks, commodities, currencies, and indices, making it a widely-used secondary source when primary exchange data (such as ICE Brent settlement prices) sits behind institutional paywalls.
Founded in 2007 by Israeli entrepreneurs Oded Hermoni and Eldar Boguslavsky, Investing.com is owned by Investing.com Group and operates from Israel with offices in multiple countries. It aggregates market data from exchanges and data providers and distributes it via web and mobile platforms. The site has grown into one of the largest financial data portals by traffic, competing with Yahoo Finance and MarketWatch for retail and professional financial news readership.
For Lowdown, Investing.com functions as a credible secondary source for commodity pricing when primary settlement data is inaccessible. Its Brent Crude quotes draw from ICE Futures Europe data feeds and are generally consistent with official settlement prices within the same trading session. Lowdown cites it for spot-price figures rather than for analysis or market commentary.