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>I can't think of a single way in which the United States came out ahead in the war. The stock market did, which is amazing if you're the top 10% of asset owne

>I can't think of a single way in which the United States came out ahead in the war. The stock market did, which is amazing if you're the top 10% of asset owners who own 50% of the country's wealth. >except Russia by heaping sky rocketing energy costs on them Russia doesn't benefit from this energy spike, since its biggest customers, China and India, have long term contracts that Russia can't just rip and renegotiate to charge spot prices, since they're in a pickle right now and depend on imports to keep the war going while not being able to sell to too many nations so they're stuck watching potential earnings go past them.

Ekaros 6mo ago
At this point I doubt anything could make stock market go down... It seems that there is no connection to anything but itself.
- criddell 6mo ago
  I feel the same. Why does the market seem so disconnected from the general economy?
AnimalMuppet 6mo ago
Did the stock market come out ahead? The Dow is about where it was when this started.
- phainopepla2 6mo ago
  The Dow is not the stock market. Look at the total stock market (something like VTI). That said, it seems that the stock market is doing well in spite of this war, and not because of it. Who knows how long that will last
- soco 6mo ago
  They probably had a few stock owners in mind, which came ahead and keep coming ahead with strategically planned transactions placed right before another US major move - all by pure coincidence of course.
khriss 6mo ago
> Russia doesn't benefit from this energy spike, No? https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/05/11/iran-war-russia-putin-trump-ukraine-oil/ https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/05/11/iran-war-russia-putin-t... > Data suggests that Moscow has already made billions of dollars of additional > revenue from oil sales because of higher crude prices, as well as the fact > that the United States temporarily rescinded sanctions on Russia to rein in > global costs
- joe_mamba 6mo ago
  > > Data suggests that Moscow has already made billions of dollars of additional What's the data and how many extra billions did the make from China and how much increase is that in %?
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Ekaros 6mo ago

At this point I doubt anything could make stock market go down... It seems that there is no connection to anything but itself.

criddell 6mo ago
I feel the same. Why does the market seem so disconnected from the general economy?

AnimalMuppet 6mo ago

Did the stock market come out ahead? The Dow is about where it was when this started.

phainopepla2 6mo ago
The Dow is not the stock market. Look at the total stock market (something like VTI). That said, it seems that the stock market is doing well in spite of this war, and not because of it. Who knows how long that will last
soco 6mo ago
They probably had a few stock owners in mind, which came ahead and keep coming ahead with strategically planned transactions placed right before another US major move - all by pure coincidence of course.

khriss 6mo ago

> Russia doesn't benefit from this energy spike, No? https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/05/11/iran-war-russia-putin-trump-ukraine-oil/ https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/05/11/iran-war-russia-putin-t... > Data suggests that Moscow has already made billions of dollars of additional > revenue from oil sales because of higher crude prices, as well as the fact > that the United States temporarily rescinded sanctions on Russia to rein in > global costs

joe_mamba 6mo ago
> > Data suggests that Moscow has already made billions of dollars of additional What's the data and how many extra billions did the make from China and how much increase is that in %?

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