A gift article from the NYTimes Opinion page. Many of us have been asking this question and this is one person's answer. The author primarily covers the events that likely should affect the market more than they have and why the market may be overlooking these events because it fully expects any disaster to be handled by a future government bailout.
[https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/opinion/wall-street-markets-iran-ai.html?unlocked\_article\_code=1.dlA.dmhI.N-LYO\_n\_F2MD&smid=url-share](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/opinion/wall-street-markets-iran-ai.html?unlocked_article_code=1.dlA.dmhI.N-LYO_n_F2MD&smid=url-share)
