About this episode

The episode discusses the Iran conflict from a contrarian and optimistic perspective, analyzing its impact on oil prices and investment opportunities.

Episode 512 00:00 Iran conflict from a cynically optimistic contrarian viewpoint 00:39 Spike in Oil is less severe than media narrative  01:17 S&P 500 turbulent but only slightly off highs 01:46 Higher Oil prices are benefiting USA chemical companies 02:24 Long Term investing advantage- losses are limited, gains are infinite 02:55 Historical perspective- USA problems in 1968 04:57 Old threats like USSR don’t exist but good S&P 500 companies still do 06:10 Opportunities that emerged from Cold War era 06:54 Media profits from gloom & doom 07:11 Media negativity blinds you from seeing today’s opportunities Sign up for free ALERTs & Market Commentary at:  https://www.investablewealth.com/subscribe/ ——————————————————

People in this episode

Host: John Pugliano

Topics covered

• Iran conflict
• oil prices
• S&P 500
• long term investing
• media narrative
• opportunities

Keywords

• Iran conflict
• oil prices
• S&P 500
• long term investing
• media negativity

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: S&P 500, USA, USSR, Media, Investable Wealth

Places: Iran

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