Monday Afternoon Links

[Reuters] Wall St muted as markets monitor Hormuz situation; data awaited 

[Yahoo/Reuters] Oil rises 4% as Iran, US both demand compensation and Hormuz hopes fade

[CNBC] Oil in U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve falls below 300 million barrels, lowest since 1983

[AP] Trump scoffs at Iran’s demand for war reparations and other Mideast developments

[Yahoo Finance] Cleveland Fed's Hammack: It will take more than one interest rate hike to bring down inflation

[Yahoo/Reuters] Nvidia, Wall Street firms partner on $500 billion AI financing venture, source says

[MarketWatch] The size of the American workforce has fallen by over 1 million people in the past year.

[Bloomberg] US High-Grade Bond Market Sees the Most Issuers Since January

[Bloomberg] Investors Abandon Hedges in Order to Chase Soaring Stocks

[Bloomberg] AI-Focused Hedge Fund VARA Drops 44% in July on Stock Plunge