A thunderclap at the Strait of Hormuz shakes the global market
This noon, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard released a “mine-bomb” — two oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz were hit by mines, and immediately broke down. This place is the world’s oil “throat”; one sentence: the oil route has been choked.
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The market instantly exploded. Oil prices jumped higher, bond yields shot up, and overnight U.S. stocks bowed first. In Asia, panic kept spreading: South Korea’s KOSPI plunged by nearly 4%, Japan’s Nikkei 225 fell by 2.85%, Taiwan dropped 1.67%, and even the Shenzhen Component Index slid 1.45%. In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng Index smashed to a one-month low in the morning, Hang Seng Tech even edged toward a fresh two-month low, and the SOE index also posted its worst decline in more than two weeks.
But something interesting happened in the afternoon — the Hang Seng actually clawed back a bit, and Dow futures also tried to bounce. Still, S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures couldn’t lift their heads. Trading value shrank to a two-week low, and Stock Connect southbound trading was even colder, hitting a four-month low. Strangely though, southbound funds kept net buying for the sixth straight day, setting the longest “bargain-hunting” streak in nearly six months.
On one side, a geopolitical powder keg; on the other, an undercurrent of capital. Do you run with the panic, or do you follow the smart money to pick up a bargain? Let’s talk in the comments.
Can you dare to get on this pullback train?
This noon, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard released a “mine-bomb” — two oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz were hit by mines, and immediately broke down. This place is the world’s oil “throat”; one sentence: the oil route has been choked.
$BNB $ZEC $APR #美股盘后戴尔涨近9%GitLab涨20% #美联储加息概率升至68% #科威特美军基地发生爆炸 #科威特防空系统回应伊朗无人机袭击
The market instantly exploded. Oil prices jumped higher, bond yields shot up, and overnight U.S. stocks bowed first. In Asia, panic kept spreading: South Korea’s KOSPI plunged by nearly 4%, Japan’s Nikkei 225 fell by 2.85%, Taiwan dropped 1.67%, and even the Shenzhen Component Index slid 1.45%. In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng Index smashed to a one-month low in the morning, Hang Seng Tech even edged toward a fresh two-month low, and the SOE index also posted its worst decline in more than two weeks.
But something interesting happened in the afternoon — the Hang Seng actually clawed back a bit, and Dow futures also tried to bounce. Still, S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures couldn’t lift their heads. Trading value shrank to a two-week low, and Stock Connect southbound trading was even colder, hitting a four-month low. Strangely though, southbound funds kept net buying for the sixth straight day, setting the longest “bargain-hunting” streak in nearly six months.
On one side, a geopolitical powder keg; on the other, an undercurrent of capital. Do you run with the panic, or do you follow the smart money to pick up a bargain? Let’s talk in the comments.
Can you dare to get on this pullback train?
