Go Back  Airline Pilot Central Forums > Airline Pilot Forums > Major
Economic Impacts of Iran War >

Economic Impacts of Iran War


Notices
Major Legacy, National, and LCC

Economic Impacts of Iran War

Old 05-01-2026 | 09:38 AM
  #1421  
Line Holder
 
Joined: Aug 2024
Posts: 867
Likes: 266
Default

Originally Posted by khergan
This market is frothier than a milkshake. Those paper gains will probably tank in a week or two when all the wild speculation switches to put options and shorts.
except that corporate earnings have been supporting the markets gains. please tell us you don’t buy a stock because it has a low price? lulz
Reply
Old 05-01-2026 | 09:40 AM
  #1422  
Line Holder
 
Joined: Aug 2024
Posts: 867
Likes: 266
Default

Originally Posted by WhistlePig
Gains on paper are not gains.
numbers in an investment account aren’t real money. they are just numbers. after all, whatever goes up, has to come down.
Reply
Old 05-01-2026 | 10:03 AM
  #1423  
Gets Weekends Off
 
Joined: Apr 2011
Posts: 3,488
Likes: 137
Default

Originally Posted by Uninteresting
numbers in an investment account aren’t real money. they are just numbers. after all, whatever goes up, has to come down.
Not always. As an equity account falls below margin requirement, typically 50%, expect broker notification to fund the paper loss.

Reply
Old 05-01-2026 | 10:59 AM
  #1424  
Excargodog's Avatar
Perennial Reserve
 
Joined: Jan 2018
Posts: 14,236
Likes: 254
Default

Originally Posted by Uninteresting
numbers in an investment account aren’t real money. they are just numbers. after all, whatever goes up, has to come down.
Sure hasn’t worked that way with inflation over the years. Nor with a BROADLY diversified mutual fund.
alt=""

Doesn’t mean it can’t, nor that it won’t, but how are your silver dollars buried in a coffee can in the back yard doing? Do you still remember where you buried them?

Just kidding, although I do know a family who - when grandpa fell off the twig - had to uproot the whole back and front yard before they dared sell the house. Fortunately the Friends of the Library they donated the collection of novels to called them up when they dropped one of the old guy’s library and $20 bills came fluttering out from every 25 pages or so…
Reply
Old 05-01-2026 | 11:09 AM
  #1425  
rickair7777's Avatar
Thread Starter
Prime Minister/Moderator
Veteran: Navy
 
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 45,098
Likes: 788
From: Engines Turn or People Swim
Default

Originally Posted by Uninteresting
numbers in an investment account aren’t real money. they are just numbers. after all, whatever goes up, has to come down.
Short term, potentially true.

Long term it's always gone up, we know as far back as 1600. Through laziness or a slight tendency to follow financially conservative advice, I've always left my stuff in the market, and it's paid off. Very few can time the market, probably count them on the fingers of one hand (warren, etc).

That's not an absolute under all circumstances, nuclear war, asteroid impact, zombie apocalypse... a major reset to global civilization could be problematic. Guess you could invest in gold and pallets of NATO 7.62.
Reply
Old 05-01-2026 | 11:12 AM
  #1426  
Gets Weekends Off
 
Joined: Apr 2011
Posts: 3,488
Likes: 137
Default

Originally Posted by Excargodog
Sure hasn’t worked that way with inflation over the years. Nor with a BROADLY diversified mutual fund.
alt=""

Doesn’t mean it can’t, nor that it won’t, but how are your silver dollars buried in a coffee can in the back yard doing? Do you still remember where you buried them?

Just kidding, although I do know a family who - when grandpa fell off the twig - had to uproot the whole back and front yard before they dared sell the house. Fortunately the Friends of the Library they donated the collection of novels to called them up when they dropped one of the old guy’s library and $20 bills came fluttering out from every 25 pages or so…
My pop did exactly that. The cans corroded over time and we had to spoon dirt 4’ down to recover most but not all of it. Put a big tank out in the middle of a citrus grove too. Hunters made target practice of it a few months later spilling a truck load of diesel.
Reply
Old 05-01-2026 | 12:48 PM
  #1427  
DeltaboundRedux's Avatar
Gets Weekends Off
 
Joined: Nov 2020
Posts: 2,941
Likes: 212
From: Enoch Powell Enthusiast
Default

Originally Posted by Hubcapped
Gas prices are at a 4 year high. Are we winning yet?
Give the guy some credit.

He did say everyone would be tired of so much winning.
Reply
Old 05-01-2026 | 04:48 PM
  #1428  
Line Holder
 
Joined: Aug 2022
Posts: 865
Likes: 156
Default

Originally Posted by JurgenKlopp
FIFA and MAGA combined powers. Who would of thought this result…
Taylor Swift and MAGA combining powers , tickets over a $1000
Reply
Old 05-01-2026 | 07:21 PM
  #1429  
Trip7's Avatar
Gets Weekends Off
 
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 6,193
Likes: 254
Default

https://x.com/i/status/2050406348748378495

Japan stopped publishing the oil data.

Fujairah is near tank bottom.

European oil inventories are collapsing.

US is the only visible one left with cushion. The US is 20% of global oil inventories.

When the market sees how fast visible onshore inventories decline, the inflection point will come.
Wednesday's EIA Oil inventory report should be telling
Reply
Old 05-01-2026 | 08:45 PM
  #1430  
Ice Bear's Avatar
Tu-144 VV-A14 KR860 Typed
 
Joined: May 2022
Posts: 161
Likes: 62
Default

Said it before, will say it again. This 61-day unapproved war/conflict/adventure is Stoopid with two O's. Legality aside, everyone enjoy their gas prices. Spirit is one domino. Genuinely hoping that and Jet A miss the rest.

Last edited by Ice Bear; 05-01-2026 at 09:15 PM.
Reply
Related Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
jungle
Money Talk
3
01-12-2009 07:31 AM
ryan1234
Money Talk
0
12-05-2008 08:27 PM
jungle
Money Talk
1
11-25-2008 03:28 PM
vagabond
Money Talk
0
10-26-2008 08:48 PM
robthree
Regional
13
09-01-2007 03:23 PM

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On


Thread Tools
Search this Thread
Your Privacy Choices