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US-Iran war and AI threats add pressure to global credit
Investors are gradually unwinding bullish positions in credit indexes and shifting to protective trades
A more nuanced look into the impact of the Strait of Hormuz’s closure on the GCC
Hormuz typically accounts for around 25% of global seaborne oil trade and some 20% of global LNG trade
“Sell America, buy Asia” trade interrupted as oil and war risk reset the outlook
Asian stocks are down 6% this week, as oil and war risk force investors back toward USD assets
FinMin asserts its balance sheet can absorb war shocks
Global oil prices surging past USD 90 act as a natural buffer against potential export volume drops
Private markets’ boom years might be over, now comes the reckoning
Inflows are slowing, withdrawals are mounting, and analysts caution that defaults could spike if AI disrupts corporate earnings
Energy spike rekindles inflation fears, prompting bond rout
Global bonds slid 0.8%, their worst day since May, as Brent and gas prices jumped on Hormuz disruption fears
Global investors turn sour on EMs after record-setting rally amid regional war
A gauge of developing-nation FX fell 0.9% after touching all-time highs last week as the USD strengthened
Wall Street goes “haven-first” as Middle East tensions rattle risk appetite
As tensions flare across the Middle East, investors are rotating into safe-haven assets like Treasuries, gold, and the CHF, ditching…
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