⚡ 5 THINGS TO KNOW RIGHT NOW — BEFORE THE BELL

1. 🛢️ Oil Ignites Overnight — The US military struck Iranian rocket launchers near Larak Island that were preparing to mine the Strait of Hormuz, ending a month-long pause in direct action. Iran retaliated with a ballistic/cruise missile barrage and Tehran's IRGC claims a tanker hit mines in the strait's southern passage. Brent is up +2.93% to $90.69; WTI has traded a $83.60–$86 range overnight.

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🌍 MACRO BACKDROP — THE BIG PICTURE

Friday's session was a Fed-headline session dressed up as a quiet close. The S&P 500 (SPX) finished at 7,711.76, down 19.23 points (-0.25%), after Fed Chair Kevin Warsh delivered a closely watched address at the Fed's annual symposium in Jackson Hole that avoided committing to forward guidance or a clear reaction function, instead outlining his broader policymaking philosophy while sidestepping signals on rate direction. Markets initially read this as measured, and economists said the speech helped strengthen the market's faith that the Fed will do what's needed to bring inflation down, even if it causes near-term pain — but the bond market did NOT sit still: the bond market swung hard as investors built bets that the Fed may need to hike rates soon to get inflation under control, and that repricing accelerated overnight with the 1-year yield jumping 16bps to 4.158%. S&P 500 falls Friday after Fed’s Warsh highlights inflation worries, but index posts positive week +3

That's colliding with a labor market that is anything but hawkish-friendly — July's nonfarm payrolls report showed the economy unexpectedly shed 23,000 jobs, and this Friday, September 4, brings the August print. This sets up the defining tension of the week: a Fed Chair signaling inflation vigilance against a labor market that's already cracking. That's a genuine stagflation-shaped crosscurrent, and it's exactly the kind of setup that keeps VIX bid even on green tape.

Layered on top of the Fed story is a live, escalating Iran-Hormuz flare-up that broke overnight. Brent crude climbed above $90 per barrel Monday, starting the week higher after the US military targeted Iranian rocket launchers preparing to deploy mines into the Strait of Hormuz — the first such attack in more than a month. Oil surged after fresh fighting flared up in the Strait of Hormuz, highlighting risks to Middle East flows after months of conflict, with Brent for November rising above $90 and WTI near $86. This is happening on top of an already 7-month-old US-Iran conflict, and diplomatic side-channels (India's Modi meeting Iran's Pezeshkian at the SCO summit, Qatar-mediated talks) remain the only offramp in view. TRADING ECONOMICSBloomberg

This is a HEADLINE-DEPENDENT session. DCG traders should keep position sizes disciplined and be ready to react to any Hormuz, Fed-speaker, or jobs-week headline in real time.

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🏦 SECTOR PERFORMANCE SNAPSHOT

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🤖 STOCK MARKET NEWS — SECTOR BY SECTOR

🔥 HOT SECTOR #1: ENERGY 🛢️

Hormuz Escalation Is the Whole Story

Energy is the cleanest, most headline-confirmed trade on the board this morning. XLE leads all sectors at +1.24% pre-market on confirmed live TradingTerminal data, and the macro backdrop couldn't be more direct: the US military struck Iranian rocket launchers preparing to send mines into the Strait of Hormuz, ending weeks of relative calm, and Brent has ripped to $90.69 (+2.93%). XOM closed Friday at $156.80, sitting well off its 52-week high near $176, which leaves real room to run if crude holds this bid into the open. Bloomberg

The catch: Brown Brothers Harriman cautions that despite recent strength in Brent, upside pressure on crude oil prices appears limited, pointing to Goldman Sachs estimates that oil exports from the Persian Gulf have recovered to around two-thirds of pre-war levels as more vessels transit the Strait. This is a headline trade, not a structural one — size accordingly. FXStreet

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