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The Middle East war continues to dominate markets, adversely effecting equities, bonds and currencies. The war has placed enormous pressure on energy supply, the pricing and the flow-through into inflation.
Read more →The war in the Middle East continues to dominate markets, as missile attacks from both sides destroy infrastructure and shipping, forcing the price of oil higher. Oil surged once again, despite the tapping of the US and IEA emergency reserves, as the Strait of Hormuz remains closed.
Read more →The war rages on in the Middle East, despite rhetoric of an early end to the crises and markets respond negatively. Oil prices surged back towards US$90pb, even considering that the IEA announced the largest ever release from their emergency reserves, 400 million barrels.
Read more →The war with Iran may be coming to an end soon, according to President Trump, a welcome relief to markets. Oil prices crashed back down, from over US$100p.b., to US$80p.b., calming volatile markets. Global equities stabilised and the safety of the US Dollar was reversed.
Read more →Oil prices surged through US$100p.b. over the weekend and caused Asian markets to panic, suffering huge losses on early equity market trading. Saudi Arabia announced increased supply through Red Sea ports and G7 considered a release from their emergency oil reserves.
Read more →The war rages on in the Middle East and Trump has now demanded nothing less than a complete surrender from Iran. His post was met with a surge in Oil prices, which blew through USD$90pb, only adding to the disruption and chaos markets are suffering
Read more →Oil and gas prices surged again overnight, driving market fears of energy supplies and the impact on inflation. The Middle East war is only escalating and shipping is under attack from both the US and Iran.
Read more →European and US markets attempted to consolidate positions, following the almost apocalyptic crises in the Middle East, which has been unravelling global markets. Asian markets followed overnight US markets, deep into the abyss, with the South Korean Kospi haemorrhaging more than 15% for the week.
Read more →The escalating war in the Middle East continues to dominate markets. Trump has announced that the war may go on for at least another 4-5 weeks, while the Iran ramp up attacks on US bases and infrastructure, across the Middle East.
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