A board on the ground to catch us up on the floor of the shield and just how far a i have were filled to the brim with some very important stories so lets dive right in. Following irans missile strike on the bases in iraq that house u. S. And u. K. Troops markets initially dropped while oil spite but quickly retraced back to even as details emerged the pentagon later confirmed that iran launch more than a dozen missiles against u. S. Military forces in iraq but so far there were no reports of casualties the attack did not target any Oil Infrastructure which was a major point of concern for Global Markets in fact the nasdaq rallied to new record highs wednesday following the attack as it was highly asian was less than feared while crude oil retreated down 2 percent President Trump addressed the spikes wednesday morning in washington our Great American forces are prepared for anything iran appears to be standing down. Which is a good thing for all parties concerned and a very good thing
Did not target any Oil Infrastructure which was a major point of concern for Global Markets in fact the nasdaq rallied to new record highs wednesday following the attack as a was highly asian was less than feared while crude oil retreated down 2 percent President Trump addressed the spikes wednesday morning in washington our Great American forces are prepared for anything iran appears to be standing down which is a good thing for all parties concerned and a very good thing for the world as we continue to evaluate options in response to a rain in aggression the United States will immediately impose additional punishing economic sanctions on the iranian regime. Investors are relieved and many analysts interpret the strike as iran lashing out but not for escalating the situation tensions are likely to continue but Current Base Case scenario does not assume a broader military conflict so while the market has bounced back and the vix is low indicating that fear has subsided has the entire t
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Sessions we have all the angles of this market selloff covered for you, though but first, joining us for the hour is aerials investments director of research, Charlie Bobrinskoy here at post 9. Thanks for being here. Thanks for having me. Pulloff pulloff, correction, selloff, pullback, was this over due . Well, no, things changed today. The momentum had been wonderful around trade and people say that people spend too much time worrying about trade. I actually dont think thats true free trade is very important and people say in 1776, the most important thing written was the declaration of independence. It wasnt, it was wealth of nations by adam smith the idea that trade helps us all is something that the markets believe in and when that gets called into question, you get an appropriate big reaction do you think that it is, especially based on the comments we got from President Trump today, do you think that the market is, especially with this pullback that we have seen today, do you thi