Iran Memo's Impact on Energy Prices and Markets
5/6/202626 min
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Bloomberg Surveillance hosted by Tom Keene & Paul SweeneyWednesday, May 6, 2026
Featuring:
1) Paul Eitelman, Global Chief Investment Strategist at Russell Investments, talks about why the markets still have a solid foundation to absorb the impact of the Iran war, and where markets could go if the war were to soon end.
2) Jonathan Maxwell, founder at Sustainable Development Capital, joins to discuss the impact of the Iran war one-page memorandum on oil and energy prices and what an end to the war could do for energy prices.
3) Laura Rippy, Managing Partner at Alumni Ventures, on the mega IPO pipeline this year, including SpaceX and the major AI LLM's, as well as investing in the Space economy.
4) Manish Jain, CEO of Mezzi, discusses the development of his AI wealth management platform and why its findings show AI - not the war or Fed - remains the primary driver of markets.
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