About this episode

The episode discusses the impact of the closed Strait of Hormuz on oil prices and the stock market with insights from a Middle East expert.

With the Strait of Hormuz effectively closed, Brent crude recently hit 90 a barrel. A Middle East expert talks exit scenarios. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Guest: Middle East expert

Topics covered

• oil market
• Middle East
• stock market
• geopolitics
• energy prices

Keywords

• Iran
• oil
• Brent crude
• Strait of Hormuz
• stock market
• geopolitics
• energy prices

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Brent crude

Places: Strait of Hormuz, Iran

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