
Oil at $105, Gold Off Its Highs: A Gulf Risk Premium That's Finally Behaving Logically
WTI jumps 3.3% on Iran escalation chatter while gold sheds 2.3% — markets are pricing geopolitics, not panic.

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Finance, Markets, Gulf Economics, CIS Economies
Oil at $105, Gold Off Its Highs: A Gulf Risk Premium That's Finally Behaving Logically
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Spent 14 years at SAMBA Financial Group before pivoting to journalism. Has a gift for translating complex macroeconomic shifts into consequences real people feel at the grocery store.
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WTI jumps 3.3% on Iran escalation chatter while gold sheds 2.3% — markets are pricing geopolitics, not panic.

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