The S&P 500 finished up roughly 5% for the week. The Nasdaq climbed back above pre-war levels. The Dow crossed 48,000 for the first time since mid-March.

All of it built on one trade. A two-week ceasefire brokered by Pakistan on Tuesday night. Oil crashed 16% in a single session. The Dow surged 1,200 points on Wednesday. The market priced a resolution before the resolution was confirmed.

Then Thursday pushed back. Iran's parliamentary speaker said three clauses were already violated. Oil ticked higher. The Strait of Hormuz remained largely blocked. Tanker traffic didn't normalize.

Friday delivered both CPI and Michigan sentiment. One showed the war's cost. The other showed the consumer's response to it.

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Pakistan brokered a two-week pause. Trump suspended strikes. Iran agreed to coordinate safe passage through the Strait. Oil posted its largest single-day drop since 1991.

But "coordinate safe passage" isn't the same as "reopen." Iran's armed forces still control which vessels transit and when. The physical bottleneck didn't disappear. The shooting stopped.

By Wednesday night, Iran struck a Saudi pipeline. Israel said Lebanon wasn't covered by the deal. Iran said it was. The architecture was already in dispute before the first full day ended.

The market rallied anyway. Airlines surged. Cruise lines had their best day in months. Energy names gave back weeks of gains in hours. Five weeks of war premium unwound in a single session.

Investor Signal

The ceasefire changed what the market believes about duration. It didn't change who controls the Strait. If Islamabad talks stall this weekend, the premium rebuilds fast.

March CPI landed Friday. Headline inflation hit 3.3% year over year. That's the highest since April 2024. Energy costs surged 10.9% in a single month. That's the war on a price tag.

Core CPI told a different story. Excluding food and energy, prices rose just 0.2% for the month. The annual core rate came in at 2.6%. Both numbers landed below consensus.

The split is what the Fed needed. Headline inflation is spiking on energy. Underlying inflation isn't accelerating. That gives the committee room to call the spike transitory.

Thursday's PCE data said something similar. The Fed's preferred gauge ran hot for February, before any war oil showed up. The baseline was already uncomfortable. The war made the headline worse. It hasn't yet made the core worse.

Investor Signal

The transitory framing survives one more month. If energy costs start bleeding into services and shelter, that framing breaks and the rate conversation changes fast.

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Michigan's preliminary April reading came in at 47.6. The lowest in the survey's history. Below the Biden-era inflation spike. Below the early pandemic.

One-year inflation expectations surged a full point to 4.8%. Five-year expectations ticked to 3.4% from 3.2%. That longer-run number is what the Fed watches. It hasn't broken. But it's moving the wrong direction.

98% of interviews happened before the ceasefire. Consumers were answering from inside the worst of the war shock. Gas above $4. No deal in sight.

The ceasefire may lift the next reading. But consumers who expect prices to rise fast change behavior before the data catches up. Durable goods purchases weakened. Vehicle buying intentions dropped. The record low isn't just sentiment. It's a spending forecast.

Investor Signal

Watch Michigan's final April read on April 24. If the ceasefire lifts sentiment back above 50, the consumer story holds. If it stays below 50, the spending slowdown is locked in. Q2 guidance across consumer names gets harder to defend.

Delta reported Wednesday morning. The company posted a $289 million net loss. Fuel costs rose $330 million year over year. Revenue was strong. Bookings hit records. None of it mattered enough to offset what oil did to margins.

The Monroe Energy refinery separates Delta from the rest. Monroe captures the crack spread between crude and jet fuel. When that spread widens, Monroe earns more. That directly offsets costs every unhedged competitor absorbs in full.

American has no fuel hedge. United surged 9.3% on Wednesday. Delta lagged. The Q2 guide of $1 to $1.50 missed the $1.56 consensus. But that guide was built on pre-ceasefire fuel prices. Crude has since fallen sharply. The miss is already stale.

Investor Signal

The refinery advantage compounds every quarter the conflict continues. Even after the ceasefire, crack spreads remain elevated. Watch American's next print for the other side of the trade.

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The March FOMC minutes dropped Wednesday. Several officials raised the possibility of rate hikes if energy-driven inflation persists. Hikes were explicitly on the table.

The market moved the opposite direction. Rate cut odds jumped to 43% from 14% overnight. Citigroup called for three cuts starting September. The ceasefire gave markets cover to ignore the hawkish language.

Both readings are consistent. The Fed met in a world where oil was above $110 and the supply shock looked open-ended. Markets are now pricing a world where crude is below $100 and the war is winding down.

The gap closes on data. If core inflation stays contained, rate-sensitive names hold their gains. If April confirms the hike scenario the minutes described, REITs, homebuilders, and small caps reverse.

Investor Signal

The April 29 FOMC meeting is the deadline. If the ceasefire holds and core cooperates, the committee looks through the spike. If it doesn't, the rate hike language becomes the operative signal.

Carlyle's flagship private credit fund got hit with redemption requests at more than three times its quarterly cap. Blue Owl saw requests nearly six times the cap. Both cut withdrawals at the limit. Both carry a growing backlog of investors who want out and can't.

Goldman's fund held fine. The difference is the investor base. Goldman is over 80% institutional. Institutional capital sits tight. Carlyle and Blue Owl carry more retail exposure. That's where the pressure lives.

The stress tracks the leverage. Software and services make up 15% of the leveraged loan market. That sector is getting repriced by AI disruption fears. JPMorgan forecasts loan default rates hitting 4.5% by 2027. High-yield bonds at 2.25%. Same credit complex. Very different risk profiles.

Investor Signal

The redemption queue is growing, not shrinking. When it clears, it clears into equities. High-yield and leveraged loans aren't the same trade. Energy is 11% of the high-yield index. In this environment, that's a partial hedge.

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The market had its best week since the war began. It built that week on a ceasefire Iran says is already broken.

Oil crashed. Airlines surged. Sentiment hit a record low. Core inflation stayed tame. The Fed warned about hikes. The market priced cuts. Retail barely showed up.

Vance is in Islamabad this weekend. The talks are the first real test of whether two weeks becomes something longer. Amazon's fuel surcharge lands April 17 regardless. JPMorgan reports Monday. Bank of America Tuesday. Earnings season starts for real.

The ceasefire gave the market a window. This weekend determines whether it stays open.

Come back tomorrow. The clock is still running.

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