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Inflation moderated in June, but it was almost completely due to falling energy prices. Energy prices have begun to soar again with the end of the U.S.-Iran ceasefire.

Wall Street is eyeing the bond market's long summer slump as oil price soar and debt levels escalate.

U.S. and U.K. 10-year government-bond yields rose to two-month highs while the equivalent German yield hit its highest level since 2011 as escalating clashes in the Middle East lifted Brent crude close to $100 a barrel.

Investors are returning to the bond market in force, driving fixed-income ETFs toward another record year as higher yields make bonds attractive for income-seeking investors once again.

This market is in a three-way “tug-of-war”—and it's set up some sweet deals on our favorite 9%+ dividends.