The market wants risk-on. Oil is saying: not yet.
WTI has been violently repricing the U.S.–Iran/Hormuz risk. Brent is back above $100.
This is no longer just "geopolitical tension." It's an active war premium with a binary outcome baked in.
AI and semis are still carrying equities. Earnings are holding the tape together. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq closed last week at record highs anyway. The market has heard the macro argument and shrugged.
But the ceiling is real: higher oil → stickier inflation → higher yields → Fed paralysis.
The part bears miss: the same binary cuts both ways. A credible deal reopens Hormuz, crude can drop violently (Brent already fell ~15% in one session on ceasefire headlines.)
No panic. Just repricing with an escape hatch that could open on a single diplomatic headline.
#Markets #Macro #Oil
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