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Yemen&#8217;s Houthi movement declared a blockade of Saudi Arabia and struck two Saudi tankers in the Red Sea, threatening the shipping lanes the world has leaned on since the Strait of Hormuz became impassable. Crude briefly topped $100 on Thursday for the first time since May, Treasury yields surged to 18-month highs, and the odds of a rate hike at Wednesday&#8217;s Fed meeting climbed to nearly 40% per the CME FedWatch Tool. The S&amp;P 500 down 0.6% as strong results from Alphabet were punished for heavier AI spending and Tesla fell 14%. By Sunday the skies over Iran were quiet for a second straight night as mediators worked to restart talks. Next up: the Fed decision plus Meta and Microsoft on Wednesday, then Apple and Amazon on Thursday.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"vm-jul24-li-stats\">\n    <div class=\"vm-jul24-li-stat\">\n      <div class=\"vm-jul24-li-stat-label\">Crude Oil<\/div>\n      <div class=\"vm-jul24-li-stat-val vm-jul24-li-neg\">&gt;$100<\/div>\n      <div class=\"vm-jul24-li-stat-sub\">First time since May<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"vm-jul24-li-stat\">\n      <div class=\"vm-jul24-li-stat-label\">10-Yr Treasury<\/div>\n      <div class=\"vm-jul24-li-stat-val vm-jul24-li-neg\">4.69%<\/div>\n      <div class=\"vm-jul24-li-stat-sub\">18-month high<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"vm-jul24-li-stat\">\n      <div class=\"vm-jul24-li-stat-label\">July Hike Odds<\/div>\n      <div class=\"vm-jul24-li-stat-val vm-jul24-li-gold\">~39%<\/div>\n      <div class=\"vm-jul24-li-stat-sub\">Per CME FedWatch<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"vm-jul24-li-stat\">\n      <div class=\"vm-jul24-li-stat-label\">S&amp;P 500<\/div>\n      <div class=\"vm-jul24-li-stat-val vm-jul24-li-neg\">-0.6%<\/div>\n      <div class=\"vm-jul24-li-stat-sub\">2nd straight weekly decline<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"vm-jul24-li-footer\">\n    <div class=\"vm-jul24-li-date\">Vistamark Investment Research &nbsp;&middot;&nbsp; July 24, 2026<\/div>\n    <a class=\"vm-jul24-li-cta\" href=\"https:\/\/vistamarkllc.com\/market-recap-outlook-your-weekly-market-compass-july-24-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the Full Report &rarr;<\/a>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":52,"featured_media":8789,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[187,168,169,72,189,71],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-iran-and-israel-conflict","category-market-commentary","category-market-outlook","category-market-volatility","category-us-bombing-of-iranan-nuclear-sites","category-wealth-management"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vistamarkllc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vistamarkllc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vistamarkllc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vistamarkllc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/52"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vistamarkllc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9050"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/vistamarkllc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9050\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9053,"href":"https:\/\/vistamarkllc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9050\/revisions\/9053"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vistamarkllc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vistamarkllc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vistamarkllc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vistamarkllc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}