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Bloomberg

Iran War Is Causing Lasting Damage to Dollar System

While the dollar's demise has been greatly exaggerated on many occasions, the war with Iran has put potentially irreversible strain on the global trading system, with gold reserves having eclipsed central bank holdings of valuation-adjusted dollar assets for the first time in the Bretton Woods II era. As President Trump rips up Pax Americana, owning fewer dollar assets becomes increasingly logical, and it's hard not to see the dollar's dominance continuing to ebb away over time, with gold's fortunes further revived.

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Hormuz Blockade Is a US-Iran 'Game of Chicken': Roubini

Economist and CEO Nouriel Roubini says the planned US naval blockade in the Strait of Hormuz is merely a "game of chicken" which Iran can outlast, and could allow Tehran to recover, keep oil prices higher and push global growth weaker. He speaks to Bloomberg's David Ingles at the Greenwich Economic Forum in Hong Kong.

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Why Money Managers Are 'Looking Through' Iran Conflict

K2 Asset Management's George Boubouras, Managing Director and Head of Research, Investments and Advisory, says that while the Iran conflict and naval blockade are driving sharp volatility, long term investors should look through the headlines rather than trade on every twist. He expects continued price and volume shocks to lift inflation and raise recession risks. but sees resilient underlying earnings in developed markets like the US.

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