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Iran war reframes Asia investment focus
Back to those other bricks
The Strait of Hormuz remains closed, and spot oil prices remain above the US$90 per-barrel level we flagged six weeks ago as a key hurdle for markets if sustained into May. Even so, risk assets have begun to look through the Iranian conflict. The rally in stocks may, in part, simply reflect “war news fatigue.” […]
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Investor hopes rise on fragile truce
On not responding to events
The war with Iran has once again placed geopolitical risk as the major topic in most investment discussions. At times like these, some investors try to move opportunistically — buying asset classes or sectors that they expect to benefit while shedding those that look set to lose. Others aim to time the market. Others, still, […]
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Testing the resilience of the global economy
The long and the short of it in Iran
Markets rarely move in a straight line during geopolitical crises, but they do follow patterns. At the outset of the conflict, the Trump administration positioned military action against Iran as a short, targeted operation: degrade nuclear and missile capabilities and accelerate regime change in the region. Yet as we approach the three-week mark, the timeline […]
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Weighing up the knock-on effects of the Iran conflict
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Strategic reserves deployed as oil volatility unnerves markets
Looking across the valley
The Strait of Hormuz in the Middle East is a critical choke point through which 20% of the world’s oil flows daily. The US and Israel attack on Iran and its retaliation has effectively shut that corridor down. To unlock the bottleneck, US President Donald Trump has offered a naval escort for oil tankers, with […]
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Escalating Iran war rocks markets
