S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 Soar to Record Highs as Middle East Tensions Ease

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• Risks to the price outlook are tilted to the upside, especially in the near term, while the medium-term implications will depend on the intensity and duration of the war

  60% confidence

• Iran made key concessions in an ongoing negotiation to end the seven-week war

  60% confidence

• Q1 S&P 500 earnings projected to climb +12% y/y, and stripping out the technology sector, Q1 earnings are projected to increase around +3%, the weakest in two years

  60% confidence

• The US and Iran are negotiating over a plan to end the war, with one element under discussion being that the US would release $20 billion in frozen Iranian assets in return for Iran giving up its stockpile of enriched uranium

  60% confidence

• The US naval blockade in the Strait of Hormuz will remain in full force until a deal is fully agreed

  60% confidence

• President Trump might travel to Pakistan if a deal with Iran is clinched

  60% confidence

• The ECB needs to stay vigilant to potential inflation risks from the Iran war, but there is no obvious case to raise rates

  60% confidence

• June is a better moment than April to decide whether an ECB interest rate response to the Iran war is necessary

  60% confidence

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