The U.S.’s military excursion into Iran has jolted the globe’s markets and the bottleneck in the Strait of Hormuz choking off crucial oil supplies has increased the general sense of unease.
It may seem callous to consider investment risk and opportunity amid such human tragedy, but this is Withum Wealth Management’s important responsibility as caretaker of our client’s financial assets.
Investors have for centuries sought to profit during times of conflict. Sad to say, one could even make the case that war is bullish. Nathan Mayer Rothschild was the founder of the British branch of the legendary Rothschild merchant banking dynasty and London’s preeminent financier in the early 19th century. He built up a private network of carrier pigeons and couriers during the Napoleonic Wars, which allowed him to capitalize handsomely. Times have certainly changed as today’s news travels instantly. It is also possible for investors to assess the impact of an event the moment it happens. Just observe the recent trading action in crude oil where algorithms perform all the guess work in milliseconds. Regrettably, there also seems to be lots of insider profiteering going on in advance of market moving news. Some things never change.
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CIO Vantage Point | April 2026
The U.S.’s military excursion into Iran has jolted the globe’s markets and the bottleneck in the Strait of Hormuz choking off crucial oil supplies has increased the general sense of unease. It may seem callous to consider investment risk and opportunity amid such human tragedy, but this is Withum Wealth Management’s important responsibility as caretaker of our client’s financial assets.
