Two of the surprising beneficiaries of the Iran conflict have been the battered U.S. dollar and volatile, speculative cryptocurrencies. That's not usually the mix of assets treated like havens by investors. Ordinarily, military conflicts trigger a flight into the safety of Treasurys and gold, but that's not happening this time around. One big reason is that the war in the Middle East is keeping the price of Brent crude (BRN00), a global benchmark for oil, above $100 a barrel. Higher oil prices, in turn, are stoking the risks of U.S. inflation and upending the usual narrative around traditional winners and losers in ... (full story)