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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.

March 27, 2026 RADAR FINBEAR Anthropic Bitcoin Brent Google Hormuz Huawei inflation Iran Meta novartis Nvidia OECD oil shutdown social-media VIX

Brent at $107 and Macquarie Sees $200: the Strait of Hormuz Is the New Berlin Wall of Markets

Thursday’s session closed under broad-based pressure: S&P 500 shed 1.74%, Nasdaq sank 2.38% on converging fears of persistent inflation (OECD at 4.2%), oil war in the Middle East (Brent above $107), and a landmark anti-tech addiction verdict. The bifurcation between safe havens and growth assets is now structural.