Analytical Snapshot — 24.07.2026 05:01

WTI crude broke $100 — Houthis turned the Red Sea into Hormuz Crisis 2.0. Markets drowned: S&P 500 plunged 1.23%, Nasdaq 1.9%, while gold paradoxically corrected, indicating forced selling due to margin calls. Trump, per multisource narrative, is close to deciding on a 'massive strike' against Iran — Congress is already split: the House restricts the president, the Senate supports him. In the shadows, a US–Saudi Arabia nuclear deal is gaining momentum, triggering an arms race in the Middle East. Ukraine begs the EU for immediate support of the 'Solidarity Lanes' — port logistics are cracking. An F-16 shot down a Russian Su-35 — a symbol of a new phase in the air war. The world is sliding into a stagflationary shock with a geopolitical premium in every barrel of oil.