@MichaelPBento I mean you can say that, but that does not seem to be the case.
MANY opportunities to scale back in to war. Zero response. It’s summer + US military assets have been drawn down. Stocks of weapons are low. There is not going to be a return to major military operations.
@RHFontaine Why would Iran agree to give up its main point of leverage in exchange for…nothing? A ceasefire?
A better framing is: who can endure war longer?
One side has to be more thoroughly beaten for any agreement to be reached.
@DanielTNiles The outcome seems pretty binary: either Hormuz is open, or it not. Seems like Iran won’t give it up, and Trump can’t/wont take it by force. So if you’re basing your analysis on the war being over in 2-3 weeks….just don’t do that.
@P_Remarks Except buying/using physical oil is different than stock prices which are entirely sentiment driven.
Sentiment can change but that doesn’t affect buyers who need oil, right now.