Weekly Open - 23/06/2025 - USA strikes Iran. Strait of Hormuz to close? Oil and commodities to spike? Wild week ahead!

US Debt also now $37T and rising. US 10 Year Treasury Yield at 4.38%. UK 10 Year Gilt at 4.52%. The world enters into a darker place.

Welcome to the Weekly Open. As usual, my apologies if any data and/or information has changed as a result of Asian/early European trading and any other issues that have occurred between USA/Iran/Israel.

Audio covering USA & Iran, US debt, gold leaving the USA? And what to potentially expect from the week ahead!

High energy expected this coming week?

Iran's nuclear sites 'devastated' says US, as Israel carries out strikes across country

US debt hits $37T - congratulations?

Russia to take over more of ‘Ukraine’?

Another refugee crisis in the middle east?

Gold leaving the USA?

Trump right about China?

Dr

Anas Alhajji

was on the podcast last week (recorded Tuesday 17th June) and I would highly recommend that you listen to that as it gives an overview of:

1 - Why Iran will likely not close the Strait of Hormuz

2 - Why any revolution in Iran has to come from within

3 - Why China and Russia would not back any pro US movement in Iran

And I will hold my hands up because it was only on Thursday that I doubted any further US involvement in Iran in this video:

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Summary of the major indices last week

DOW JONES = UP 9.03 points (0.02%)

NASDAQ = DOWN -4.65 points (-0.02%)

S & P 500 = DOWN -9.11 points (-0.15%)

DAX = DOWN -165.68 points (-0.70%)

FTSE 100 = DOWN -88.60 points (-1.00%)

NIKKEI = UP 445 points (1.17%)

HANG SENG = DOWN -362.08 points (-1.52%)

Plenty of anomalies last week. Due to the US Indices gapping either up or down to start the week, we see the Dow Jones with a positive number on the week despite the red candle.

Ultimately, not much change in the stock markets the previous week. The biggest movers being the Asian markets where the Nikkei (Japan) was up 1.17% and the Hang Seng (Hong Kong) down 1.52%.

The week ahead could see a return to high volatility due to the events that unfolded at the weekend.

Major Indices Chart Deck

DOW JONES

NASDAQ

S & P 500

DAX (Germany)

FTSE 100

NIKKEI (Japan)

HANG SENG (Hong Kong)

Podcast + Posts

3 podcasts are scheduled for this week.

Simon Hunt

from

Simon’s Substack

will be talking all things geopolitics.

Bob Coleman from Idaho Armored Vault will deep dive into Silver, Platinum and other events occurring within the precious metals industry.

Tom Luongo from Gold, Goats N’ Guns is also scheduled to record this coming week. Our first conversation explored The Good, The Bad + The British Establishment.

I’m sure that we will carry on and see what other pies the British have their fingers in since our first conversation, especially with regards to Iran and Israel.

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The UK 10 Year Gilt is telling the US 10-year Treasury to hold its beer.

Good signals from HYG, plus lets’ have a look at DXY, VIX and more..…