IF SOMEONE HAD PREDICTED THAT…… THE GENERAL MARKETS IN THE US WOULD BE UP 7 WEEKS INTO A MASSIVE HOT WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST WHICH BEGAN WITH A DECAPITATION OF THE IRANIAN “SUPREME LEADER” AND HAS ESCALATED WITH A DUAL BLOCKADE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT OIL THROUGHFARE IN THE WORLD WHICH ANALYSTS SAY COULD CAUSE MASS STARVATION AND BOTH SIDES THREATENING TO BLAST THEIR ADVERSARIES INTO THE STONE AGE , THAT HAS NO VISIBLE END POINT IN SIGHT …WHAT WOULD HAVE REPLIED ?

WELL THAT IS WHERE WE ARE TONIGHT.

HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE ?

THE ONLY WAY THIS IS POSSIBLE IMO IS THAT THE MARKET IN ITS INFINITE WISDOM KNOWS IRAN HAS BEEN DEFEATED AND THE WORLD IS A WHOLE LOT BETTER FOR IT

MAYBE THIS

The WSJ article (published today) quotes a senior IRGC adviser saying the Guard isn’t opposed in principle to resuming talks with the US but wants Iran to negotiate from stronger leverage. That’s why it ramped up shipping restrictions in the Strait of Hormuz this weekend—in retaliation for Trump continuing to block Iranian traffic.

It adds that FM Abbas Araghchi is pushing for a “grand pact” to normalize US-Iran ties, while IRGC leaders want to keep Iran’s military capabilities and regional militias off the table.