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What stands out

A few blasts near the Strait of Hormuz nudged crude higher and handed an immediate, if messy, tailwind to oil names while Apple’s new CEO John Ternus took his first full day in the spotlight, a classic reminder that headlines can move stocks even when underlying trends do not. Bloomberg’s roundup ties a geopolitical squeeze, Chevron’s push into Venezuela, and a leadership turnover at Apple into one narrative: oil gets a bump from risk, tech gets a headline, but neither fixes the deeper numbers. For investors sorting noise from signal, this is a textbook moment to separate price momentum from fundamental momentum.