As August begins, markets are navigating a more divergent macro backdrop. Global activity remains resilient, helped by U.S. consumption and AI-related investment, but inflation risk has not fully disappeared.
The war involving Iran and the disruption to transit in the Strait of Hormuz have lifted energy prices, complicated central bank decision-making and reintroduced a stagflationary risk into the outlook.
The better lesson starts earlier. Not with a lecture. With small, repeated decisions that build strong savings and investing habits before the stakes are real.
Markets enter May facing a more complex and less forgiving macro backdrop. The dominant near-term risk is the Middle East conflict and the resulting disruption to energy flows through the Strait of Hormuz.
Global markets face an increasingly volatile backdrop as the conflict between the U.S., Israel, and Iran has escalated into a full-scale regional war, disrupting global energy markets and rattling investor confidence.
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Global markets entered 2026 with a complex backdrop: resilient but slowing economic growth, elevated policy uncertainty, and a meaningful shift in the relative performance of U.S. versus international equities.
2026 began with geopolitics related volatility, as the World Economic Forum brought world leaders together.
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On the trade rupture, Governor Macklem was specific: the newly tariffed products “represent about 5% of exports to the United States.”