About this episode

The episode discusses the market impact following President Trump's announcement of a blockade in the Strait of Hormuz, leading to a surge in oil prices and a decline in US equity markets.

US equity markets retreated and oil prices and bond yields jumped after President Trump said the U.S. was reinstating a blockade of Iranian ships in the Strait of Hormuz , reigniting inflation fears and dampening risk appetite – Dow lost -138-points or -0.26% , with Nvidia Corp (down -3.52%) and Boeing Co (-3.05%) falling over >3%.

Topics covered

• oil prices
• US equity markets
• inflation fears
• risk appetite
• blockade
• Iran
• market reaction

Keywords

• oil surge
• equity markets
• inflation
• Dow Jones
• Nvidia
• Boeing
• blockade
• Iran
• risk appetite

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Nvidia Corp, Boeing Co

Places: Strait of Hormuz

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