BREAKING: 🇺🇸 Just five minutes before Trump's announcement to halt the attacks on Iran, massive trades reportedly hit the market.

In one move, $1.5 billion in S&P 500 (ES) futures was bought while $192 million in oil (CL) futures was sold.

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🇺🇸 Trump: Iran bragged to me about having nuclear weapon material, which made me anxious.

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🇮🇷🇺🇸 Iran says the US rejected two key conditions to end the war:

- Paying reparations
- Admitting it initiated aggression

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🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia has informed the United States it is prepared to retaliate against Iran if Iranian forces target Saudi energy or water facilities – bloomberg.

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🇺🇦🇷🇺 Ukraine strikes Russia's largest oil port.

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🚨🚨 Google search term “sell house” hits new all-time high.

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🇮🇷🇺🇸 Iran trolls President Trump after he said the Strait of Hormuz could be controlled by "me and and the Ayatollah."

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🇯🇵 Japan's 10-year government bond yield surges to 2.30%, highest since 1999 and exceeding 2008 financial crisis peak by 30 basis points.

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🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia has agreed to allow US forces to use King Fahd Air Base for operations against Iran and is nearing a decision to join the strikes – WSJ.

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🇦🇪 UAE is considering entering the war against Iran and is pushing against a ceasefire with Tehran – WSJ.

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🇸🇦🇦🇪 Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have taken steps toward joining the war against Iran, WSJ reports.

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🇪🇺 Goldman Sachs now expects ECB rate hikes in April and June.

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🚨🚨 OpenAI reportedly offering private-equity firms a guaranteed minimum return of 17.5% in push to raise fresh capital.

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📊 World Gold Council (WGC) says more central banks will purchase gold in the current year.

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JUST IN: Saudi Arabia & UAE have “taken steps toward joining” the Iran special military operation.

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🇺🇸 US FINAL 4Q LABOR COST RISES 4.4% Q/Q; EST. +3.5%

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🇶🇦 QatarEnergy has declared force majeure on some long-term LNG supply contracts, disrupting deliveries to Italy, Belgium, South Korea and China.

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BREAKING: 🇮🇱 Volkswagen is in talks with Israel’s Iron Dome maker over a deal that would switch production at one of their factories from cars to missile defense, per FT.

The German government is actively supporting the proposal.

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🚨🚨 Ares limits withdrawals from $10.7bn private credit fund following JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley.

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🇺🇸 US claims Iran had agreed to many of its plan's points - Axios.

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