Just when everyone thought that the stock market had stabilised with the “not too bad” export control truce from the US-China trade negotiation post UK London meetup, Israel suddenly launched an attack on Iran that sank most stock markets and drive oil prices up. The devastating attack destroyed Iran’s nuclear enrichment facilities and also tragically killed many of its top military leaders. Iran also counter-attacked with the launch of hundreds over ballistic missiles at Israel. The retaliatory strikes have killed many civilians and many suffered injuries.
1. Do not panic and sell all
While there is a distinct possibility of the conflict spreading and dragging in more countries, I think that most likely the war between Israel and Iran will be contained as currently, it only involves air-strikes on both sides and no ground deployment. I will thus be holding on to most of my equity portfolios.
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