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Here is the situation as April begins. A war is affecting one of the world's most important oil chokepoints. Brent crude is trading above US$100. And the Federal Reserve (Fed), which spent much of 2025 engineering a soft landing, is now facing an inflation threat driven less by wages, services or the domestic economy, and more by energy. It is watching an oil shock.

With the Iran conflict reshaping energy markets, central banks turning hawkish, and gold in freefall despite the chaos, the safe haven playbook in 2026 is more complicated than ever. 

If you've spent any time looking at a trading terminal, you've seen it. A news headline breaks, a chart line snaps, and suddenly everyone is rushing for the same exit or the same entrance. It looks like chaos. In practice, it is often a chain of mechanical responses.