US Continues Strikes Against Iran
The US continues military strikes against Iranian targets, covering both Iranian territory and related regions.
This round of strikes focuses on Iranian military facilities, missile bases, and threats around the Strait of Hormuz, aiming to maintain the safety of shipping lanes and exert maximum pressure.
Market funds are rapidly flowing into defensive assets and energy-related sectors, leading to increased short-term volatility in oil prices, benefiting gold and US defense stocks, while risk assets are under pressure.
Source: Public Information
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The Trump administration's ongoing strikes continue the "Project Freedom" escort and precise deterrence strategy established since 2025, which initially set the framework for operations through the seizure of oil tankers and port strikes. This escalation involves multiple rounds of execution, aiming to use Iran's nuclear and missile capabilities as core negotiation leverage.
In terms of capital flow, institutions are quickly increasing holdings in gold, US defense stocks, and alternative energy supply assets, while hedging oil price risks through futures. Funds are flowing out of high-risk Middle Eastern exposures and shifting towards US-led energy security-related chains, motivated by the desire to lock in geopolitical premiums while avoiding a full-scale war that could drive up global inflation.
Similar to the limited military actions during the 2019-2020 tanker crisis, the US-Iran standoff is transitioning from a ceasefire probe to a phase of sustained high-pressure control.
Essentially, this represents a regulatory change: through continuous military strikes, the pricing power is shifting from Iranian regional threats to the dominance of US shipping lanes. The mechanism lies in physical deterrence directly altering expectations of oil flow, forcing global capital to reprice energy security premiums and accelerating the concentration towards protected supply chains.
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Continuous strikes are not an escalation of war, but rather a gradual increase in negotiation leverage.
Countries controlling the strait can always make global capital pay for their actions.
When major powers take action, the market always first trades on "who holds the flow power."