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Iran war and its implications
- The war mainly affects financial markets and the economy through higher energy prices and comes at a time of robust global growth and solid corporate earnings.
- As long as damage to energy infrastructure remains limited, factors such as higher OPEC+ output, rerouting oil shipments to bypass the Strait of Hormuz, and high inventories in China should help prevent an oil price shock.
- In such an environment, equity markets are likely to recover, and the appreciation of the Swiss franc should remain contained, supported also by SNB interventions.
- However, uncertainty remains high, and both a further escalation and a swift end to hostilities are conceivable. Broad portfolio diversification therefore remains essential.
