
Saxo Market Call US market is in a world of its own. Also: Hormuz disruption timelines
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Mar 4, 2026 They unpack why US markets are acting independently from Europe and Asia. They highlight internal market signals and standout sector movers. They outline how a Strait of Hormuz disruption would choke oil flows and map likely timelines for regional supply hits. They touch on rates, gold, the dollar and FX shifts tied to energy and carry trades.
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Memory Boom Carries Cyclical Risk
- Cyclical memory and hardware stocks face sharp downside risk despite current strong growth and pricing.
- SanDisk and Micron plunged ~8% as cyclicality beyond a few quarters could lead to earnings reversals, per John Hardy.
Optics Stocks Show Extreme Valuation Froth
- John Hardy recounts optics stocks' sky-high valuations after NVIDIA-linked announcements.
- He notes Coherent or Lumentum trading near $55bn market value on only ~$2bn sales as an example of froth.
Hormuz Bottleneck Forces Rapid Production Stops
- Disruption in the Strait of Hormuz quickly forces production halts because onshore storage and ship throughput are constrained.
- Anas Al-Hajj's analysis (linked by John Hardy) explains fields stop when storage fills and ships are bottlenecked.
