MacroGuru
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The New Age Chanos. Short everything. CIO at Family Office. Wharton. MS. DB. Citi.


South Korea’s Early Exports Show Resilience Despite Iran Turmoil Exports adjusted for working-day differences climbed 40.4% from a year earlier in the first 20 days of March, customs office data released Monday showed. On an unadjusted basis, shipments rose 50.4%, while imports gained 19.7%, resulting in a trade surplus of $12.1 billion. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…




USD/JPY Forecast: Yen shrugs off jawboning as pressure builds on BOJ forex.com/en-us/news-and…

LONG XAU ~ 4350

What just happened? At 2:30 PM ET today, CBS News reported that President Trump was considering "boots on the ground" in Iran. Then, at 3:43 PM ET, President Trump said "I don't want to do a ceasefire with Iran," with the S&P 500 hitting a new 2026 low. Exactly 90 minutes later, at 5:13 PM ET, President Trump said the US is "considering winding down" the war with Iran. Between the 3:43 PM ET and 5:13 PM ET comments, the S&P 500 had already risen nearly +1% on NO news. By 6:15 PM ET, the S&P 500 rallied +1.8% from its low, adding +$900 BILLION in market cap. Markets are now closed until Monday.

South Korea halts programme trading for 5 minutes after 5% slide in KOSPI 200 futures



