Hormuz Blockaded Again? The "Fight-and-Talk" Trading Strategy You Need Now!
Over the weekend, renewed exchanges of fire between Israel and Lebanon reignited tensions in the US-Iran negotiations. Iran announced that shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has plummeted to zero, effectively placing the strait under a de facto blockade and setting market nerves on edge once again. Absent any news of a negotiated settlement, crude oil is poised for a substantial rebound next week, though the outlook for other commodities and equity indices remains grim. With the US midterm elections approaching, a "fight-and-talk" dynamic will define future market action. The US is eager to restore navigation to lower oil prices and fulfill campaign promises, while Iran aims to leverage the strait's reopening to extract maximum economic concessions. Consequently, negotiations wi
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Typical manipulation by Musk hiding his junk in his treasure vault. Look where we are at now, an insane IPO that oushed the guy into the trillionaire stratosphere, but a sudden run to the bond market for more money. This is what happens when the surface looks shiny and nice (reusable rockets, dominant Starlink satellite internet, but the junk is hidden below (self manoeuvre of twitter, xai between TSLA and SPCX) with burdensome debt and problematic cash burn. The valuation for the IPO was already not acceptable, but the casual investors bought into the hype and are now caught with their pants on the floor. Funny enough, news is going around that the shares held by retail investors have been diluted (3.4% dilution, due to acquiring Cursor for $60 billion in stocks), resulting in analys
Futures Weekly: Equity Fund Outflows Narrow, While Gold Allocation Heats Up
In the latest week, US-Iran negotiations remained deadlocked. On May 18, Trump said that the military action against Iran originally scheduled for May 19 would be postponed, indicating that the US-Iran standoff did not escalate further this week. At the same time, the US publicly stated that the talks with Iran had made “significant progress,” while also saying that a “Plan B” was already prepared, which suggests that the substantive differences between the two sides have not been resolved. In addition to the ongoing market pricing of disruptions stemming from the Middle East situation, investors are also closely watching the progress of SpaceX, Elon Musk’s space company, which could potentially stage the “largest IPO in history.” As of 3:00 p.m. on May 21, 2026, the weekly performance of