Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq trim losses but end sharply lower as Wall Street assesses Iran war worries

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• Trump administration will soon roll out a program to help mitigate rising energy costs

  80% confidence

• US could see a little high oil prices for a little while but prices will drop lower than before once war ends

  80% confidence

• The US will do whatever it takes to win the war

  80% confidence

• The Middle East war will affect the near-term inflation outlook and increase economic uncertainty

  80% confidence

• Projected the conflict would last four to five weeks but US has capability to go far longer

  80% confidence

• Target should stay in the penalty box and is a prove it stock; investors should favor Walmart or Costco instead

  80% confidence

• Overall market share was at least flat, pointing to slightly softer customer demand for consumer electronics industry during holiday quarter

  80% confidence

• The US would provide insurance for tankers and the Navy would escort them through the Strait of Hormuz

  80% confidence

• The hardest hits are yet to come from the US military against Iran

  80% confidence

• The Strait of Hormuz was completely closed and they would strike any ship attempting transit

  80% confidence

• Trump administration's tariffs have been overwhelmingly borne by US consumers and businesses

  80% confidence

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