Are Investors Too Calm About the War In Iran?
Look beyond the US and it’s clear that we’re in a slow-motion, risk-off market.
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Just how complacent are markets about the Iran war? If you only look at US stocks (and many people do — the US is by far the most heavily-weighted market in the MSCI World index), then you might think that investors have been surprisingly calm.