Iran Struck the Mediator’s Tanker. Gold Fell. The Funeral Ends Thursday.

Gold fell 1.1% on a Hormuz missile strike — not because markets ignored the news, but because tanker attacks in 2026 drive energy inflation, not safe-haven flows. The mechanism, Qatar’s complication, and the 48-hour window that actually matters for gold.
BofA Says the Stock Market Is About to Snap Back. Gold Is Down 3% This Year. Do the Math.

Bank of America placed current equity speculation at its most extreme since 1999 to 2000 — the year before gold began a decade-long, 659% bull run. Gold is down 3% year-to-date while the S&P 500 is up 9%. When earnings-driven assets compress from these extremes, capital moves toward assets that require no earnings at all. That mechanism has not changed.
