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Oil surged toward $90 as hopes for a quick reopening of the Strait of Hormuz faded—but the market’s most important signal may have come from what didn’t move: Treasuries.

Despite another energy-driven inflation scare, bond yields refused to break decisively higher while equities revealed a widening split beneath the surface. Mega-cap technology weakened, broader market leadership rotated, and investors appeared more willing to reposition than run for the exits.

In today’s Market Pulse, we break down why the growing divergence between crude oil and bonds matters, what the rotation away from tech is signaling about positioning, and whether markets are beginning to look through the oil shock ahead of critical inflation data.

Is the bond market correctly signaling that the energy shock will fade—or becoming dangerously complacent about the inflation risk still building underneath?

For investors, that answer could determine the next major move in rates, growth stocks, and market leadership.

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