John Authers, Columnist

Iran's So Far Away, Stocks Can Hit a Record

Despite great uncertainty from the war, the S&P 500 never fell 10% from its peak.

April 16, 2026 at 4:04 AM UTC

John Authers is a senior editor for markets and Bloomberg Opinion columnist. A former chief markets commentator at the Financial Times, he is author of “The Fearful Rise of Markets.”

An astonishing bounce.
Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg

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