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The Replenishment Clock Is Running Faster Than the Factory

Missiles travel in minutes; factories answer in years. Record backlogs at RTX, Lockheed and Northrop reveal the industrial constraint behind the fighting.

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Hormuz Is a Physical Market Again

U.S.-Iran missile barrages resumed as weekly Hormuz vessel passages fell from 82 to 39. Brent itself settled at $86.88 per barrel.

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Friday’s Split-Screen: Wages, Oil and Two Megacaps

The Employment Cost Index, XOM and CVX earnings, plus the full-session verdicts on Amazon and Apple will decide how July ends.

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The Rally the Bond Market Refused to Confirm

Stocks celebrated earnings while the 30-year yield reached 5.22%. Beneath 1.5% GDP, domestic demand stayed hot—and so did the inflation debate.

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The Market Paid for Proof

Microsoft soared, Meta fell and semiconductors snapped back. Wall Street is no longer rewarding AI spending equally—it wants the receipt.

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Amazon’s $220 Billion Flywheel

AWS accelerated to 37%, retail margins expanded and capex rose again. The operating proof is real—even if the $5.75 EPS needs an asterisk.

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Micron Becomes Value’s Biggest Paradox

MU rallied 18.4% and now outweighs every bank, oil major and Berkshire in VTV. The label says value; the engine is AI memory scarcity.

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The Arsenal Behind the Arsenal

A reported Chinese air-defense deal and selective Russian support reveal the deeper contest: components, factories, minerals and energy determine endurance.

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The Price of Silence in Iran

Executions at home, coercion at sea and a widening military buildup expose the credibility gap between Iran’s negotiations and its conduct—and the market risks inside it.

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The Strait Is a Balance Sheet Now

Renewed U.S.-Iran attacks turned a shipping corridor into an instant oil, defense and credibility premium. America’s advantage is optionality.

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Tomorrow’s Triple Test: GDP, Inflation and Two Megacap Reports

At 8:30 a.m., growth and PCE. After the close, Amazon and Apple. July 30 will test the economy, the Fed’s patience and the AI capital cycle.

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The Fed Held. The Market Didn’t.

A steady policy rate collided with an oil spike, a steeper yield curve and an AI perfection tax. Today’s selloff was a repricing of uncertainty.

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