Stocks fall and oil rises after Trump warns Iran that ‘clock is ticking’
1mon 11h ago by lemmy.world/u/MicroWave in economics from apnews.com
World shares mostly retreated and oil prices jumped on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump warned Tehran that the “clock is ticking” as U.S.-Iran negotiations over a permanent end to the war stall.
U.S. futures fell and markets in Japan and South Korea pulled back from their records. In early European trading, Britain’s FTSE 100 edged up 0.1% to 10,205.31. France’s CAC 40 lost 0.9% to 7,883.42, and Germany’s DAX dropped 0.1% to 23,925.82.
I wonder if mushroom dick ever read The Boy Who Cried Wolf.
Certainly he loaded up on puts Friday with the intention of tweeting Sunday. He'll exit his position and then buy calls and tweet something along the lines of "eh jk, everything is fine now" shortly after.