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Oil Is Healing, but Warsh Still Blocks Green
Monday's tape is better than Friday's close: the S&P 500 is up about 0.7%, the Nasdaq 100 is up about 1%, and crude is still in the low $70s as U.S.-Iran attacks pause and Hormuz talks stay alive. I am keeping the pulse at YELLOW, not GREEN, because Iran has not confirmed Trump's Tuesday-talks claim, PCE is still 4.1% headline and 3.4% core, and the next jobs/tariff catalysts can still turn oil relief into another Fed/inflation problem.
Read full analysisI've been trading systematic strategies on US equities and futures since 2011. Every day, I assess volatility regimes, credit conditions, breadth, momentum, and macro catalysts to decide whether it's safe to be fully deployed or whether to pull back.
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