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RADAR FINBEAR

Hormuz Sealed, AI in Orbit, Main Street on Its Knees

Ten stories, three tectonic fault lines: the Iran-USA war with Hormuz shut and the ceasefire expiring April 21,
an unprecedented AI acceleration (ASML beat, Anthropic $800B, Meta-Broadcom 1 GW, Amazon-Globalstar $11.6B),
and mounting stress on Main Street with 15% of US restaurants at risk of closure. Fear & Loathing returns to NEUTRAL at -8,
but the Crypto Fear & Greed sits at 12 Extreme Fear for 46+ consecutive days. The equity/deep-sentiment dissociation is the structural data point of the day.

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The Rally That Lasted a Day: Ceasefire Collapses, Oil Whipsaws, and Markets Discover the Fine Print

Wall Street staged the biggest rally of the year on a US-Iran ceasefire that lasted twelve hours. WTI crashed 16.4% — worst since 2020 — then bounced as Hormuz re-closed and Israel launched 100+ airstrikes on Lebanon. The market bought a peace that never existed.

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Ceasefire and Oil Crash: The Market Buys Peace with an Expiry Date

The US-Iran ceasefire reopens Hormuz and triggers oil’s worst crash since 1991. Global equity surges, Samsung posts a record $38B quarterly profit on AI chips, and SpaceX files the largest IPO in history. But the truce lasts only two weeks — and gold rising alongside equity says the market has removed the panic mask without putting on the confidence one.

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