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Trump brokers a historic U.S.-Iran ceasefire deal
“Truth Social tweet that there's a ceasefire. The website was down for an hour and a half because of the amount of traffic that was going to the website.”
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Iran threatens to close the Strait of Hormuz
“Iranian government poised to shut Strait of Hormuz, closing off 20% of global oil and gas.”
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Army appoints AI executives as lieutenant colonels
“US Army appoints Palantir, meta open AI execs as lieutenant colonels.”
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Scott Bessent proposes radical interest rate shifts
“Wait till you hear what Tom just shared with us this morning in breakfast that he thinks Scott Besson is suggesting.”
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Sellers outnumber buyers by half a million
“New real estate math, half a million more sellers than buyers, according to Wall Street Journal.”
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“Truth Social tweet that there's a ceasefire. The website was down for an hour and a half because of the amount of traffic that was going to the website.”
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Middle East tensions are the primary driver of macro volatility - supply chain disruptions and geopolitical risks in the energy sector are creating a floor for inflation that the Fed cannot easily control.
“Energy is really the driver here; if you have a supply shock in oil, that's something the Fed can't really control but has to react to.”
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The Federal Reserve is caught in a policy trap - central bankers face a lose-lose scenario where they cannot cut rates into a supply-side energy shock without risking an inflation spiral, yet keeping rates high threatens financial stability.
“They are in a position where they might have to look through some of this inflation, but that risks losing credibility with the markets.”
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Structural liquidity constraints are capping risk assets - the combination of Quantitative Tightening and a regime shift in banking means there is no longer a 'wall of money' available to drive markets significantly higher.
“We are seeing a regime shift in how liquidity is provisioned, and that usually means a lot more volatility for risk assets.”
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