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The Tape · 17 Jul close · markets closed Sunday
SK Hynix (SKHY)$154.03▂█▅▂▃+1.13%
TSMC (TSM)$398.37▆▅▅▄▃-2.77%
KOSPI6,820.60█▇▆▄▂-6.37%
Nasdaq25,520.24▆▅▅▄▄-1.40%
Brent$88.10▃▃▄▆█+4.59%
WTI$82.49▃▃▄▆█+4.48%
The Week Ahead · 19 Jul – 15 Aug
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Jul World Cup final, 3 p.m. ET, MetLife Sprockett
23
Jul ECB rate decision Foreman
26
Jul U.S.–Iran ceasefire or pause Graves
27
Jul Changxin Memory Shanghai listing Cogsworth
29
Jul Fed meeting window opens Foreman
31
Jul Brent settlement vs $90 Graves
The Forecast Ledger
The Forecast Ledger Calibrated calls · 2026-07-19 · Vesta, Sprockett, Tinkerton, Graves, Foreman · the Colosseum arc’s calls settle at tonight’s final; one prior call resolved this edition
Resolves Question · state Call Posterior Dissent
By 19 Jul
The Spain–Argentina final is played without a security incident causing reported injuries or arrests at MetLife The final sits under an FBI-led operation its director called the biggest in the bureau’s history, with an FAA no-drone-zone and a protected head of state; the base rate for a major incident at such an event is low, though the target profile on this particular day is unusually high.
YES▲
0.86 ±0.12
Tinkerton 76%
By 19 Jul
Northeastern New Jersey records an air-quality index of 101 or higher during the final Canadian wildfire haze lingered into final morning, but a drier, warmer afternoon is forecast; no official during-match reading exists yet and residual smoke remains possible.
NO▼
0.45 ±0.15
Sprockett 55%
By 19 Jul
FIFA issues a formal disciplinary charge against the Argentine federation over the Malvinas banner before kickoff FIFA has weighed proceedings and the comparable 2014 fine landed after that tournament; a formal charge before this evening’s kickoff is less likely than one after it, and a White House task-force official has backed the players.
NO▼
0.32 ±0.15
Sprockett 45%
By 26 Jul
The United States and Iran announce a ceasefire or a formal pause in strikes The campaign has run eight consecutive nights with fresh U.S. casualties and Iranian retaliation on Gulf bases, the interim truce collapsed last week, and Iran’s new leader is refusing negotiation while attacks continue; a pause within the week is less likely than continuation.
NO▼
0.28 ±0.15
Graves 40%
By 31 Jul
Front-month Brent crude settles at or above $90 a barrel Brent settled near $88 on Friday and traders warn the buffers that absorbed the first round are depleted; a settle above $90 needs a further leg, but a deeper Hormuz disruption would supply it.
NO▼
0.45 ±0.15
Graves 55%
By 15 Aug
Federal authorities publish an after-action accounting of enforcement at tournament venues The arc’s standing discriminator on the enforcement shadow: if a documented federal accounting appears by mid-August the shadow takes shape, and if it does not the null holds; agencies rarely publish venue-level enforcement data on that timeline.
NO▼
0.40 ±0.15
Tinkerton 52%

Posterior is the forecaster’s probability at publication, with ± the forecaster’s own uncertainty band where one was filed. How the paper computes its numbers

Briefly
Politics
Crude Brent and WTI held their war premium into the weekend at $88.10 and $82.49, with the Strait of Hormuz throttled and refined-product margins at records. Graves
Geopolitics
Chips The semiconductor index fell about 20% from its peak and the KOSPI more than 20% from its June record, an AI-trade de-rating even as TSMC, Micron and Nvidia guided higher. Cogsworth
Markets
Havens Gold near $4,011 slipped 2.6% on the week while Treasury yields eased and the dollar held, a mixed safe-haven pattern consistent with supply-shock pricing. Foreman
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