(https://www.marketwatch.com/story/exxonmobil-chevrons-combined-profits-quadrupled-in-three-months-as-the-iran-war-raged-a6e8da62?mod=mw_rss_topstories) in Q2 — that's real earnings power, not accounting noise. XOM posted 8.7% net margin with 266B in annual revenue, and CVE's net margin is 7.9%. But here's the problem: that profit surge assumes the geopolitical premium sticks around. It won't.

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