One group of funds is holding up the stock market. Barclays says oil prices have to fall to drive a year-end rally.

MarketWatch· Nora Redmond· Sep 30, 2026 · 9:20 AM

Strategists at the bank said a rally at the end of the year would likely depend on oil prices lowering or stabilizing even as the historically best-performing quarter approaches.

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