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Gold spot fell below $4,000/oz for the first time since November, as the US dollar’s rally and rising real yields crushed the non-yielding asset. The breach of this psychological level, confirmed in …
The Federal Reserve’s June hold at 3.50–3.75% is anything but neutral; it cements a hawkish macro regime as markets price in further tightening. The U.S. 10-year yield near 4.5% and a surging dollar …
Sixty-four days after the April 7 ceasefire, the financial economy and the physical economy are telling opposite stories. Brent has surrendered roughly half its war premium, gold has corrected ~26% from its January peak, and the VIX trades near 19 — markets, in aggregate, are pricing peace. Yet the Strait of Hormuz moves 5–10% of its pre-war traffic, war-risk insurance costs 3–8x its February baseline, Asian spot LNG runs ~70% above January, and supertanker freight is double last year. For Asian enterprises, the...
Iran's June 1 vow to "completely" seal the Strait of Hormuz has re-embedded a ~$35/bbl war premium in Brent crude - now ~$96.5, down from April's $126 spike - and driven gold to a record ~$4,480/…
President Trump confirmed the US-Iran truce holds despite UAE-area strikes, with Tehran's 14-point proposal still gating enrichment and a new Strait of Hormuz mechanism. Brent fell 4.0% to $109.87 an…
Trump's Saturday cancellation of the Witkoff-Kushner Pakistan trip — paired with Baker Hughes' guidance that the Strait of Hormuz may not fully reopen until H2 2026 — has converted what equity market…
The U.S.–Iran ceasefire was extended indefinitely on 21 April but the Strait remains effectively closed. Iran's IRGC seized two more commercial vessels mid-week; the U.S. Navy continued interdicting …
Iran's reported plan to levy a $1-per-barrel crypto toll on tankers transiting the Strait of Hormuz, coupled with Trump's Friday ultimatum, has re-priced the Middle East risk premium into every Chine…
President Trump's 8:00 PM ET deadline for Iran to unconditionally reopen the Strait of Hormuz creates the most consequential binary risk event of 2026. Brent crude closed at $112 on April 3, up 44% s…
The Strait of Hormuz crisis enters its most critical phase this week. Oil executives and analysts warn that the strait must reopen by approximately April 19 or supply disruptions — currently estimate…
Iran's selective reopening of the Strait of Hormuz to five allied nations — including China — is fracturing global oil markets into a two-tier system, with Brent crude at $112.42/bbl as of April 3. T…
Brent surges past $112 on renewed supply fears while gold drops 2.7% on hawkish dollar; mid-April inflection point will determine whether $130+ oil becomes the new baseline
Brent crude settled at $112.57 per barrel on Friday, capping a 54% surge since the Strait of Hormuz closed to commercial shipping on March 2 — the largest monthly oil price increase in market history…
Gold is experiencing a paradox: the sharpest correction since early 2023 is occurring precisely when the structural case for gold is strongest. The 17% drawdown from the all-time high of $5,589 (January 28, 2026) to $4,660 (March 20) is being driven by three cyclical forces — a stronger dollar from the oil shock, a hawkish Fed pivot from two expected cuts to one, and forced liquidation of leveraged long positions. None of these forces invalidate the decade-long structural bid from central bank de-dollarisation...
Four major central banks convene within 48 hours of each other while Brent crude holds above $100/bbl — a rare convergence that is repricing risk assets globally and forcing Chinese corporates to rec…
Selective tanker transit through the Strait of Hormuz drove a relief rally across global risk assets on March 17, with the S&P 500 gaining 1.3% to 6,696 and Brent crude easing to ~$104 from a peak of…
Brent crude closed the week at $92.69/bbl — a 35% weekly gain, the largest in recorded history — as the Iran-Hormuz crisis reshaped global commodity markets. The S&P 500 ended the week at 6,740.02 (−…
The US Dollar Index (DXY) surged to its highest level in three months on March 3 as safe-haven flows intensified following Iran's retaliatory missile barrage. The S&P 500 fell 0.94% to 6,816.63, the …
The S&P 500 opened 2.5% lower at the Monday bell before staging a dramatic intraday reversal to close at 6,881.62 — virtually flat on the day — as institutional dip-buyers absorbed the Iran shock. Th…
Spot gold surged past $5,000 per troy ounce for the first time on January 26, peaking above $5,100 before settling around $5,070 — a 13% gain in the first three weeks of 2026 alone, with nine new all…
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