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Trump decided over the weekend that he“didn’t like” Iran’s response to the US proposal to end the conflict but yet again there was little of substance regarding the war for Wall Street to focus on, with markets continuing to view the situation as slowly trending towards some kind of ceasefire.
The Strait of Hormuz has been closed for ten weeks now with no prospect of reopening, a once-unthinkable shock to the world economy and yet the oil price came into the week still well below the high of $140 seen in 2022 (Russia/Ukraine) and global stocks at all-time highs.
US stocks hovered around those…
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