Global tensions: Are investors complacent?

Birds fly as smoke rises following an explosion, after Israel and the US launched strikes on Iran, amid the US-Israel conflict with Iran in Tehran, Iran on March 2, 2026. 

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Amid the geopolitical firestorm in the Middle East, are investors being complacent or just savvy?

A little more than two months into 2026 and we already have an exhaustive list of market-moving events, including the ongoing geopolitical standoff in the Middle East, the US capture of ex-Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, threats to Greenland’s sovereignty, the latest US Supreme Court tariff ruling followed by US President Donald Trump’s declaration of a revamped tariff structure, to name a few.

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