The Iran War Is Heightening Stock Market Volatility -- but This $7.8 Trillion Figure Is an Objectively Bigger Worry for Wall Street

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The Iran War Is Heightening Stock Market Volatility -- But This $7.8 Trillion Figure Is An Objectively Bigger Worry For Wall Street

By The Motley Fool

The stock market has been booming since the end of the financial crisis 17 years ago. Aside from the five-week COVID-19 crash in February-March 2020 and the nine-month 2022 bear market, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI 0.72%), S&P 500 (^GSPC 0. ...Read more

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