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Record Closes and $91 Brent Improve the Tape, but Hormuz Still Decides Green

The close strengthened the risk tape: S&P 500, Nasdaq, and Dow all finished at records, VIX fell to 15.32, and Brent settled near $91.63. I am keeping the pulse YELLOW because the market has priced a U.S.-Iran/Hormuz settlement before the political and physical shipping evidence is complete.

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