Oil Spikes on Hormuz Plan as Gold Nears Best Week Since Jan
Market Preview: Oil Spikes on a Hormuz Document as Gold Heads for Its Best Week Since January
Iranian state media published a draft plan restricting ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, and Brent settled up about 3.8% — reversing a week of steep declines. Higher energy costs pushed the 10-year yield above 4.67% and lifted September Fed rate hike odds to roughly 58%, ending the Dow's record streak. Today's video breaks down why memory chip stocks sold off despite strong results, and why gold is having its best week since January.
Today's Market Snapshot
Energy and Rates: One Document Moves Everything
Iranian state media published a draft plan restricting Strait of Hormuz ship traffic. Brent settled up roughly 3.8% near $82.49 and WTI near $77.29, reversing a week of steep declines. Higher energy costs fed inflation expectations: the 10-year Treasury yield climbed more than five basis points to about 4.67%, and September rate hike odds sit near 58%.
Equities: Memory Chips Break the Record Streak
The Dow fell 464 points, or 0.85%, to 53,885, ending its record run. The S&P 500 slipped just under 7,710 and the Nasdaq was nearly flat. Western Digital dropped about 13% and SanDisk near 7% despite both beating results — guidance disappointed. Selling spread to Asia, where SK Hynix fell sharply. AppLovin tumbled roughly 19%.
Metals and Crypto: Rotation Into Hard Assets
Gold traded near $4,254 an ounce, up roughly 5% on the week and on pace for its best week since January, with silver around $62. Crypto stayed quiet: Bitcoin near $64,700 and still capped below $65,000, Ether near $1,910, XRP around $1.03. Cardano was the standout, up about 6.5%.
What Investors Should Be Watching
- The July jobs report at 8:30 a.m. Eastern. Economists expect roughly 80,000 jobs after 57,000 in June, with unemployment near 4.2%. A hot print strengthens the September hike case; a weak one does the opposite.
- Whether the memory chip selling stays contained. Western Digital grew revenue about 44% and still fell 13%, which suggests investors are repricing how much AI growth is already built into these names.
- Whether the Hormuz restrictions hold. The move in oil came from a published draft plan, and crude, yields and gold all reprice quickly if that story changes direction again.
Inside Today's Members-Only Daily Market Brief
- The specific levels and catalysts members are tracking across crude, gold and the 10-year as rate hike odds climb toward 58%.
- How members are reading the memory chip selloff, including the confirmation signal that would tell us whether this is sector-specific or the start of a broader AI valuation reset.
- Where capital is rotating as money moves out of crowded AI trades and into rate-sensitive and hard assets — the strongest and weakest areas of the tape.
- The risks that could reverse a 5% weekly move in gold, and why chasing a sharp run carries added risk.
- Both sides of the July jobs report, and what to monitor into the next session depending on which way the number lands.
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