You know that feeling when one broken-down delivery truck blocks the only exit out of your neighborhood?

Right now, the global market is looking at the Middle East like a Ferrari behind a 04 Civic with a "Check Engine" light in a one-lane tunnel.

The real risk isn't the missiles.

It’s the driveway.

Here’s a well known fact: Roughly 20% of the world's seaborne oil moves through the Strait of Hormuz.

It’s the global economy’s jugular vein.

If crude oil jumps 10% on a headline, it means the market knows exactly how fragile this corridor is.

Here’s how the dominos fall:

Energy markets price it today. Gas stations price it next Tuesday.

"Energy inflation" sounds like something my professor talks about.

In reality, it’s the number of times you make a stop driving from Manhattan to Hoboken.

And don’t worry, you won’t failed this class. Unlike Diminishing Marginal Returns, expensive gas doesn't need to be explained.

We get it immediately.

Geopolitics only becomes an economic crisis when it stops the flow of goods

Hormuz isn't a symbol.

It’s a valve.

And when valves get shut off, the pressure has to go somewhere.

Position accordingly.