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Food prices could rise as Iran conflict disrupts fertilizer supply chain

12 Mar 2026

Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/11/iran-news-food-prices-could-rise-due-to-fertilizer-shortages.html

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Pacific Perspectives

The bull case for (investing in) war is alive and well

12 Mar 2026

athan Rothschild, students of history may recall, once advised buying “on the sound of cannons”. The British financier may well have been right about the current conflagration in the Middle East as a brutal market…

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Pacific Perspectives 10 Mar 2026

Bond traders already had their hands full, ‘then a war breaks out’

Investors closed their books on a month of mounting artificial intelligence risks. Then a conflict in the Middle East raised a whole new set of worries. ven before last weekend, Pacific Investment Management’s Daniel Ivascyn…

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Pacific Perspectives 10 Mar 2026

Prediction markets face questions on Iran war bets, from regime change to nuclear detonation

Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/09/prediction-markets-wagers-bets-iran-war-kalshi-polymarket.html

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Pacific Perspectives 10 Mar 2026

The $100 oil playbook: How pro investors are investing around this energy shock

Professional investors are reshuffling portfolios as crude oil surges past $100 a barrel, rotating into sectors tied to commodities while adding hedges against the risk that geopolitical tensions could trigger a broader economic shock. The jump…

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Pacific Perspectives 9 Mar 2026

Dow falls 450 points, posts worst week in nearly a year as oil tops $90, jobs data disappoints: Live updates

Stocks fell Friday, adding to their weekly declines, as oil prices spiked and traders reacted to an unexpected drop in new U.S. jobs data. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 453.19 points, or 0.95%, to end at 47,501.55.…

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Pacific Perspectives 9 Mar 2026

5 questions every private credit investor needs to think about now

There’s a major crisis of confidence in the asset class that could soon engulf Australia. Before it does, we need to do some major soul-searching. Private credit is having a moment. The hottest new asset…

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Pacific Perspectives 9 Mar 2026

As the ASX plunged, retail investors were busy buying the dip

Retail investors have been pouring money into the local sharemarket this week, betting that the escalating conflict in the Middle East ripping through global equity markets and wiping billions from the ASX will ultimately prove…

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Pacific Perspectives 9 Mar 2026

ASX sell-off intensifies as investors brace for oil shock

The possibility of a prolonged war in the Middle East is threatening to finally crack a multi-year bull run in equity markets as investors fret that a sharp rise in energy prices will unleash a…

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Pacific Perspectives 9 Mar 2026

Will Iran war fallout end the bull market? When investors really need to worry

If oil trades above $100 a barrel for a while, the U.S. economy could be in for major shocks, according to Bank of America. Oil prices have surged since the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran last…

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Pacific Perspectives 6 Mar 2026

Investors poured billions into private credit. Now many want their money back

Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/05/private-credit-blackstone-blue-owl-kkr-carlyle-retail-wealth-investors-liquid.html

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Pacific Perspectives 6 Mar 2026

ASX to fall, crude surges

Australian shares are set to fall at the open, tracking widening losses in New York after oil briefly surged above $US85 a barrel, stoking inflation worries and pushing US Treasury yields higher as the war…

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