Gas prices might stay high for a while — even if crude oil falls. Here's why.

The Strait of Hormuz is Yahoo Finance's 2026 Game Changer of the Year; it would be difficult to overstate the conflict's impact on global markets and the economy. CIBC Private Wealth senior energy trader Rebecca Babin joins Yahoo Finance Breaking Business News Reporter Jake Conley at Yahoo Finance's 2026 Invest conference to explain why falling crude oil (CL=F, BZ=F) prices might not immediately t