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US Close Fri 28 Aug | Day 183 of the Iran War | 06:30 AEST

━━━ BOTTOM LINE (15 sec) ━━━

━━━ MARKETS SNAPSHOT ━━━

S&P 500
7,711.76 -0.25%
Nasdaq
26,402.42 -0.52%
SOX (Semis)
11,882.17 +2.33%
ASX 200
9,038.20 -0.98%
Gold
$4,609.70 War-Era High
US 10Y
4.672% +1bp

━━━ IRAN WAR — DAY 183 ━━━

Status: Oman-mediated negotiations for a "Middle Corridor" transit route are in final stages. Iran seeking transit fees; Trump administration demands unconditional opening.

Brent Crude
$89.70
WTI Crude
$83.53
Spread (B-W)
$6.17

Spread > $5 signals physical supply dislocation persists despite diplomatic tease.

━━━ PORTFOLIO SNAPSHOT (A$) ━━━

Symbol Price (USD) A$ Value P&L %
MU$932.86$10,417+35.9%
MSFT$513.53$21,504+25.2%
TSM$417.52$7,576+4.2%
META$578.02$14,522-4.7%
RDDT$153.00$14,735-5.2%
AVGO$368.79$5,662-13.0%
CBRS$179.08$4,749-40.0%
QQQU$57.94$9,138-50.0%
Total US Portfolio: ~A$88.3k | AUD/USD: 0.7164

━━━ WHAT TO WATCH ━━━

  1. Oman Corridor: Confirmation of first tanker transits on the new route.
  2. Gold Weekend Spot: Real-time geopolitical stress gauge.
  3. Warsh Follow-through: Bond market reaction to hawkish Fed tone on Monday open.