Asian Markets Slide, Oil Climbs as US-Iran Exchange Strikes
📉 MARKETS — Markets are pricing in a war that diplomats insist is nearly over. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Asian equities falling while oil rises confirms investors aren't buying Trump's "deal in days" narrative. With CENTCOM striking Iranian air defense across southern Iran overnight and IRGC hitting F-35 hangars in Jordan, the ceasefire text is functionally void. The gap between political signaling and market pricing is the real indicator — and right now, money says escalation, not resolution.