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Chart comparing same-day moves across eight assets as gold fell and Brent crude rose on Iran's expanded export threat.

Wednesday's cross-asset move looked calm on the surface, but Iran's Revolutionary Guard had just extended its threat beyond the Strait of Hormuz to the Saudi and UAE bypass pipelines the market has relied on as a structural hedge since April. Gold fell and Brent firmed the same day, showing commodities pricing in the broader threat while equity benchmarks and the VIX kept trading like the three prior escalation cycles that ultimately round-tripped.

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