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Line chart showing the VIX volatility index falling to 16.50 as investors react less to each new Hormuz war escalation.

Investors have been trading through this conflict for four months, and each new escalation now moves markets less than the last. The VIX closed lower Tuesday even as the US relaunched its naval blockade of Iran and struck Iranian targets for a fifth consecutive day. The index has not closed above 20 in the past month despite the war reaching its most severe point yet, a pattern consistent with habituation to repeated shocks.

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