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Speaker stated they are "overweight cash" and "short fixed income" as a place to find safety in the current high-velocity, stagflationary phase of the conflict. The Iran conflict is a stagflationary shock where equities and bonds cannot hedge each other, leaving few safe havens. Short-duration fixed income and cash provide defensive ballast. LONG cash and SHORT fixed income is a tactical, defensive allocation for portfolio protection during this uncertain period, not intended to be held long-term. A swift diplomatic resolution to the conflict could reduce the need for such a defensive posture, making this a crowded trade.

Speaker stated they are "leaning more toward fading the dollar strength eventually" and that it's "not as clean to say now that the dollar is in a multi-month uptrend." In the 2022 stagflation shock, the Fed was the most credible inflation-fighter, making the dollar a hedge. Now, all central banks are responding aggressively, diluting that unique dollar advantage. The dollar's strength from energy independence and safe-haven flows may not be sustained. The view is to avoid chasing further dollar strength. A prolonged Middle East conflict that disrupts global energy supplies more severely could reinforce the dollar's safe-haven status.