You mentioned Iran. The President spent a lot of time last night talking about this.
Speaker1
Speaker2
Do you think that this is going to be potentially an ex-catalyst for the market? There's no question about it.
Speaker2
The options market is telling you right now that investors are very edged for a more challenging outcome in Iran.
Speaker2
The skew - the price of downside puts versus upside calls in the triple cues is as wide as it was during the trough of the April tariff tantrum. And so, very contrarian.
Speaker2
The same thing in terms of bullishness in the oil market - as bullish as it was when oil was $120 a barrel when Russia invaded Ukraine initially.
Speaker2
So the market is screaming military intervention, not diplomatic offering.
That's right.
Speaker1
Speaker2
Our base case is we think there will be some either off-ramp or limited military engagement.