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SKHY$170▁▂▄▆██+13% debut
Brent$76.01▆█▇▆▆+5.5% wk
WTI$71.41▅▇▇▆▆war risk held
Gold~$4.1k▇▆▅▆▅-1.7% wk
USD/JPY~161.7▇▇▆▆▅yen firmer
The Week Ahead · 12-19 Jul
Sun
eve Futures reopen · the weekend gap Foreman
13
Jul Claude Code · limit boost expires Cogsworth
Jul SKHY · ticker settles, ETFs due Foreman
14-15
Jul Semis · France-Spain, Argentina-England Tinkerton
17
Jul OFAC · Iran oil wind-down deadline Graves
The Forecast Ledger
The Forecast Ledger Calibrated calls · 2026-07-12 · Foreman, Sprockett, Tinkerton, Cogsworth, Graves · one call settled a miss (the Argentina-England semi did come to pass)
Resolves Question · state Call Posterior Dissent
By 15 Jul
A sitting minister in Buenos Aires or London publicly ties the Argentina-England semi-final to the Malvinas before kickoff The chant belongs to the terraces and the dressing room; so far the state has stayed out, and Scaloni called it 'just a football game'. A politicisation needs someone with power to choose it, against the incentive to keep the match sporting.
NO▼
0.25 ±0.15
Vesta 40%
By 20 Jul
Anthropic publicly loosens or extends Claude Code weekly limits after the 13 July boost expiry The direction of travel is toward metered credits, not looser caps; the likelier response to the backlash is paid overage and a nudge to higher tiers rather than a public climbdown, though a capacity scare could force a temporary reprieve.
NO▼
0.38 ±0.18
Cogsworth 45%
By 17 Jul
Credible reporting confirms an RSF ground assault on El Obeid, beyond the current siege and drone campaign The siege warning still holds with no verified fresh assault in the latest window; the El Fasher precedent keeps the base rate high, offset by the RSF's incentive to avoid a second genocide finding and any negotiated pause.
YES▼
0.50 ±0.20
Tinkerton 36%
By 16 Jul
Daily Strait of Hormuz tanker transits recover above 60 a day on a verifiable count A third strike round and an Iranian control claim push the odds of a clean recovery lower; the claimable IMO averages sit well below 60, and a move above needs a stretch with no fresh incident.
NO▼
0.22 ±0.14
Graves 32%
By 17 Jul
France or Syria announces an additional security or reconstruction mechanism tied to Macron's Damascus visit The visit carried reconstruction language, but the probability stays below even until an official mechanism, not a statement, appears; Macron's week is turned toward Monday's Paris coalition meeting on Ukraine.
YES▲
0.42 ±0.20
Foreman 35%

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Briefly Noted
Politics
Memory SK Hynix's US depositary shares closed their debut near $170, about 13% above the $149 offer, for a raise above $26bn; the PHLX Semiconductor Index barely moved, and Micron lifted planned US investment past $250bn through 2035. Foreman
Geopolitics
Crude Brent settled at $76.01 and WTI at $71.41, lower on the day but higher on the week, holding below $80 despite a third US strike round; claimable Hormuz transit data is the IMO's lagged averages, not real-time counts. Graves
Markets
Yen The yen firmed to around 161.7 per dollar after Japan's finance minister pushed pension money toward domestic assets, and Tokyo moved to write central-bank independence into its economic blueprint to calm a jittery bond market. Foreman
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