{"id":428780,"date":"2026-03-21T03:25:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T20:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/market-news\/2026\/03\/investinglive-americas-market-news-wrap-nowhere-to-hide\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T03:25:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T20:25:11","slug":"investinglive-americas-market-news-wrap-nowhere-to-hide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/market-news\/investinglive-americas-market-news-wrap-nowhere-to-hide-428780\/","title":{"rendered":"investingLive Americas market news wrap: Nowhere to hide"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/investinglive.com\/news\/trump-says-reopening-hormuz-a-simple-military-maneuver-with-so-little-risk-20260320\/\">Trump says reopening Hormuz &#8220;a simple military manoeuver&#8221; with &#8220;so little risk&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/investinglive.com\/news\/us-made-detailed-preparations-for-potential-ground-troops-in-iran-report-20260320\/\">US made detailed preparations for potential ground troops in Iran &#8211; report<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/investinglive.com\/news\/us-assessment-iran-could-keep-hormuz-shut-for-anywhere-from-one-to-six-months-20260320\/\">US assessment: Iran could keep Hormuz shut for anywhere from one to six months<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/investinglive.com\/news\/iran-unwilling-to-discuss-hormuz-while-under-attack-report-20260320\/\">Iran unwilling to discuss Hormuz while under attack &#8211; report<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/investinglive.com\/news\/canada-january-retail-sales-11-vs-15-expected-20260320\/\">Canada January retail sales +1.1% vs +1.5% expected<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/investinglive.com\/news\/canada-february-producer-price-index-04-mm-vs-11-expected-20260320\/\">Canada February producer price index +0.4% m\/m vs +1.1% expected<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/investinglive.com\/news\/feds-waller-if-oil-stays-high-for-months-on-end-at-some-point-it-bleeds-into-inflation-20260320\/\">Feds Waller: If oil stays high for months on end, at some point it bleeds into inflation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/investinglive.com\/centralbank\/feds-bowman-i-am-still-concerned-about-the-jobs-market-20260320\/\">Fed&#8217;s Bowman: I am still concerned about the jobs market<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/investinglive.com\/centralbank\/the-fed-funds-futures-market-is-now-pricing-in-a-30-chance-of-a-us-rate-hike-20260320\/\">The Fed funds futures market is now pricing in a 30% chance of a US rate hike<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/investinglive.com\/news\/trump-reportedly-mulls-occupying-kharg-island-to-force-iran-to-reopen-strait-of-hormuz-20260320\/\">Trump reportedly mulls occupying Kharg Island to force Iran to reopen Strait of Hormuz<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Markets:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gold down $143 to $4502<\/li>\n<li>US 10-year yields up 10 bps to 4.39%<\/li>\n<li>Silver down 6.7%<\/li>\n<li>Bitcoin down 0.8%<\/li>\n<li>WTI crude oil up $2.60 to $98.09<\/li>\n<li>S&amp;P 500 down 1.7%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;m not sure if we&#8217;re at maximum fear yet but we are close. There was nowhere to hide on Friday as the market increasingly feared a weekend escalation, or worse, saw signs of a quagmire. <\/p>\n<p>In the US morning, Trump called NATO allies cowards and said it will be &#8220;so easy&#8221; to reopen Hormuz and just before the market close, eh said &#8220;you need a lot of help&#8221; to reopen it. That kind of talk has the market increasingly believe there is no real plan here and that Trump expected Iran to surrender.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, Iran is insisting on a ceasefire before even talking about opening Hormuz while Trump has rejected that.<\/p>\n<p>It was a bloodbath throughout markets as oil was the oil place to hide. Bonds were beaten up again as the market now sees a 30% chance of a Fed hike this year as one-year implied inflation rates rose to 5.3%.<\/p>\n<p>Naturally, stocks fell with global markets down 2-3% and both the Nasdaq and Russell now down 10% from their hights, a technical correction. The S&amp;P 500 is in its worst four-week loss since the period ending April 18. It was also the worst day in a month.<\/p>\n<p>Gold was caught in the crossfire in the third day of heavy selling. It fell below $4500 for the first time since early February and silver was battered. Both were set to close near the lows.<\/p>\n<p>In the FX market, the US dollar re-asserted itself and recouped some of the decline from yesterday. It was particularly strong in USD\/JPY where Japan looks increasingly vulnerable to an inflationary shock from energy prices. <\/p>\n<p>If there&#8217;s any silver lining, it&#8217;s that sentiment is extremely bad with every commentator talking about oil-maggedon and a protracted closure of Hormuz.<\/p>\n<p>                            This article was written by Adam Button at investinglive.com.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump says reopening Hormuz &#8220;a simple military manoeuver&#8221; with &#8220;so little risk&#8221; US made detailed preparations for potential ground troops in Iran &#8211; report US assessment: Iran could keep Hormuz shut for&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":216,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-428780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/216"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=428780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428780\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=428780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}