Asks if negative market impact from Iran conflict is over, given dramatic Asia session.
Host
Mark Cudmore
No, negative impact not over. Full energy flow from Middle East won't resume quickly; energy shock still feeding through.
Mark Cudmore
Context: year-to-date most assets doing phenomenally well, justifying David Solomon's 'benign reaction' comment. More correction across assets coming weeks, significantly more, but not sudden panic bear market.
Notes Bilal Hafeez said gold has further to climb; asks if you disagree.
Host
Mark Cudmore
Disagrees for short term (next couple weeks). Gold has quite a bit of downside. Three primary reasons for recent gold buying have reversed: geopolitical risk trade run its course, dollar strengthening (not diversifying away), momentum trades (like KOSPI) blown up.