What the Iran War teaches us about investing
At approximately 8pm Eastern Time on Tuesday, 7 April, US President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social announcing a “double sided ceasefire” with Iran. Less than two hours earlier, he had threatened to wipe out an entire civilisation.
S&P 500 futures soared more than 2.5% in after-hours trading. Oil plunged 15% one of its steepest single-day falls in years.
If you had sold out of the market that morning, quite understandably, given the rhetoric, you missed all of it. Every cent of it.
That is not an accident. That is how markets work. For a more complete summary of the story, please see the below link:
Published on: Apr 10, 2026 12:00 PM