Stock markets plunge after Trump's ultimatum on Iran

[malaise]

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/23/stock-markets-donald-trump-iran-gold-oil-prices


Shares slump in Asia and Europe, gold slides and investors brace for higher oil prices after US president’s threat

Global stock markets dropped sharply on Monday after Donald Trump threatened to “obliterate” Iran’s power plants unless the strait of Hormuz is opened.

Stock markets in Asia and Europe slumped at the start of the week. Japan’s Nikkei share index dropping by 3.4%, China’s CSI 300 down 2.8%, and the South Korean Kospi fell 6.5%.

In Europe, Spain’s Ibex was off 1.9%, France’s CAC 40 index declined 1.5%, Germany’s Dax dropped 1.9% and the FTSE 100 fell nearly 1.5%.
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Time for mout-a-massie to STFU.

[2naSalit]

1. Gotta wonder...

If this crash is part of the 'kill America' plan.

[UpInArms]

3. ETTD

The USA will be TFG’s 7th bankruptcy

[nitpicked]

2. Stock futures slide after Trump ultimatum to Iran; Wall Street tries to snap 4-week decline

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/22/stock-market-today-live-updates.html

Stock futures fell Monday, weighed by the U.S.′ latest warning against Iran, after the major U.S. benchmarks posted their fourth-straight weekly slide.

Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were 327 points lower, or 0.7% down. S&P 500 futures shed 0.8%, and Nasdaq-100 futures fell 1%.

Those moves came as the Iran war entered its fourth week, with tensions escalating over the weekend. President Donald Trump threatened an attack on Iranian power plants if the Strait of Hormuz — a key shipping route for oil and other energy products — isn’t reopened. Iran responded in turn said it would target U.S. infrastructure, including energy and desalination facilities ​in the Gulf, if the U.S. carried out its threat.

Crude prices rose in early Monday trading. West Texas Intermediate futures
climbed 1.1% to $99.22 per barrel. International benchmark Brent
advanced 1.3% to $113.58.
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[bucolic_frolic]

4. War and global economic fallout trumps the housing collapse in 2009

Government and private debt are the root cause of structural failure, but it is colliding with war that could go worldwide. The press keeps comparing it to 2009 but the debt levels are way higher and not confined to a sector like housing. I'm gonna throw this out there - the geopolitical and economic setup has potential to be like 1939 because of the energy component, global impact, high debt levels.

Not to worry though. When Project 2025 and Donnie separate out the brown people, everyone will be a perfect little Bible-thumping consumer, right?

[Vinca]

5. The king put up a post about positive talks and delay in bombs and . . . BOOM . . . markets are going up, up, up.

It's a pump and dump Monday.

[malaise]

6. It's way past time for this criminal to be locked up

This is madness

[themaguffin]

7. probably why he's scrambling to "negotiate"

[Midnight Writer]

8. It's all OK now. Stocks are up today. Don't you wish you knew in advance about these market swings?

A smart fellow could make a killing if he knew in advance what crazy shit Trump was going to say next.