• by Ray Schultz , Columnist, April 16, 2026

Dow Jones seeks to help readers face the latest world crisis with the launch of a premium newsletter.  

The product, Dow Jones Crisis Monitor: Middle East, will combine data and analysis from OPIS, Dragonfly, Oxford Analytica and Dow Jones Risk Journal in one briefing. It will cover such commodities as gasoline, diesel, chemicals and carbon.

Subscriptions to the weekly will initially be free, then move to a premium basis, which suggests Dow Jones expects this to go on for a while. 

“Energy market volatility is no longer a siloed concern; it’s intertwined with regional order and has become a driver of global uncertainty,” says Sarah Cottle, executive vice president and general manager of Dow Jones Energy. “This product empowers subscribers to understand how these forces interact, utilizing the expertise of market insiders to clarify the alterations occurring within global infrastructure.”

Dow Jones invites people to see how “events in the Middle East translate into risk and disruption for energy markets, supply chains and global businesses.”

“Dow Jones Crisis Monitor meets an acute market demand by merging geopolitical and energy intelligence into a single, timely briefing,” says Joel Lange, executive vice president and general manager of Dow Jones Risk. “By utilizing the full breadth of our intelligence ecosystem around this topic, we are offering subscribers insights to a level of specialized expertise and data that cannot be found elsewhere.”