3 Assets to Watch: May 4-8

Risk assets are being rocked by renewed Middle East tensions at the onset of this trading week.

There were some notable moves earlier today, prior to Iran's claims that a US navy ship was hit by 2 missiles - which the US has since denied:

• Bitcoin hit a 3-month high, breaching $80k for the first time since end-January 2026, before giving up gains.
• The NAS100 index pushed further into record high territory, closing in on the 28k mark but then eased away