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NBC News· 2026-03-02 19:31
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How Middle East conflicts have historically impacted the market
CNBC Television· 2026-03-02 19:30
Unfortunately, there's a long history of regional Middle East conflicts and the markets need to adapt to that. So that means there's a lot of historical precedent for how markets do digest these events. Now his what we can basically say is that such conflicts tend not to end a bull market in stocks.In fact, it's almost never happened. In fact, in 1990, and 2003, the outbreak of hostilities between uh the US and Iraq actually triggered uh an end of a bare market and the beginning of an upturn. That being sai ...
Dimon: If Iran conflict is not prolonged, there's not going to be a major inflationary hit
CNBC Television· 2026-03-02 19:23
THERE'S SO MUCH FOCUS ON THIS AS A PR STRATEGY. ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT. AND OF COURSE, THE REST OF IT REMAINS TO BE WORKED OUT.DEIRDRE FOR NOW. THANKS. APPRECIATE IT.FASCINATING. LOOK OUTSIDE OPENAI'S HEADQUARTERS THERE. BEFORE THE WAR ON IRAN BROKE OUT, THERE WERE MOUNTING CONCERNS ABOUT PRIVATE CREDIT, AND THAT DEFAULTS THERE COULD HAVE BIGGER RIPPLE EFFECTS ACROSS THE FINANCIAL MARKETS.JOINING US NOW IN A FIRST ON CNBC INTERVIEW IS JP MORGAN CHAIRMAN AND CEO JAMIE DIMON, WITH OUR VERY OWN LESLIE PICKER FRO ...
How investors can trade markets amid the Iran conflict
CNBC Television· 2026-03-02 19:20
Take a look at Joe. What's a very very interesting market day as we've turned a bit. NASDAQ is now green as is the Russell.So the Dow and the S&P obviously are well off their worst levels and we're watching a number of different asset classes from oil of course to the metals uh etc. What are your thoughts here. So I think you have to ask what is the message in the price action that we're seeing today and I truly believe that the market did a very efficient job in pricing in a premium over the last month for ...
Strikes in Iran and Lloyd Blankfein Looks Back 3/2/26
CNBC Television· 2026-03-02 19:18
Bring in show music, please. >> Hi, I'm CNBC producer Katie Kramer. Today on Squawk Pod, more American troops on the way to the Middle East as the conflict with Iran continues and Wall Street reacts. >> President Trump says that things are moving along very well. Very well. >> CNBC's reporter Dan Murphy in Dubai. >> The end game here is still largely undefined. and our Brian Sullivan on the global energy markets. >> I spoke with an oil industry executive yesterday. He said it very clearly. You tell me who's ...
Trump says Iran operation likely to last 4 to 5 weeks, but could go longer
MSNBC· 2026-03-02 19:17
During remarks on Iran at the White House President Donald Trump said the U.S. is “already substantially ahead of our time projections” on the war with Iran, but he did not offer a definitive answer on when he expects the military operation to conclude. “Right from the beginning, we projected four to five weeks, but we have the capability to go far longer than that.” MS NOW: My Source for News, Opinion, and the World. » Subscribe to MS NOW: https://www.youtube.com/@msnow MS NOW is the go-to destination for ...
Hegseth leaves door open for boots on the ground in Iran
MSNBC· 2026-03-02 19:17
“We'll go as far as we need to go." During a press briefing at The Pentagon, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth refuses to rule out U.S. boots on the ground in Iran. MS NOW: My Source for News, Opinion, and the World. » Subscribe to MS NOW: https://www.youtube.com/@msnow MS NOW is the go-to destination for domestic and international breaking news, and best-in-class opinion journalism. For more context and news coverage of the most important stories of our day click here: https://www.ms.now/ #petehegseth #iran # ...
Why Bitcoin is used to move wealth in conflict zones
Digital Asset News· 2026-03-02 19:15
There you go. >> The Bitcoin play that started what 12 13 years ago, people using it as a way to move to actually hold in and in in and have in their possession their wealth. That made a lot of sense. And so we saw a lot of that with the Ukrainian element.Uh especially in the Ukraine, there were there was a measurable transition from traditional assets into Bitcoin, >> right. for the purposes of being able to to move right and and retain your your economic energy. Um, I don't think that's any different toda ...
Middle East conflict is another negative shock to global economy, says Mohamed El-Erian
CNBC Television· 2026-03-02 19:15
The surge in oil prices is a particular area to keep an eye on. It comes at a delicate time for the US economy. We saw a huge spike in the prices paid index of the ISM report just this morning and the rise in core goods prices in the PCE on Friday outside of COVID was the highest since 1992.Our next guest warns that a stagflationary wind is starting to blow through the US economy. Muhammad Alan is chief economic adviser at Aliance and the former CEO of PIMCO. Muhammad, welcome to you.We're going to hear fro ...
Wendy Sherman on U.S.-Iran war: 'Once war starts, no one ever knows where it's going to go'
CNBC Television· 2026-03-02 19:15
Welcome back. Still awaiting the president at the White House. We'll bring you those remarks when we get them, we think, in the next few minutes.In the meantime, let's dig into what's next for Iran's regime and the Middle East broadly following this weekend's air strikes. Our next guest was the lead US negotiator on the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. And joins us this morning with her outlook, Wendy Sherman, Deputy Secretary of State under the Biden administration, under Secretary of State for Political Affairs un ...