Markets swing on Iran news

Global markets are entering a dangerous phase where war, sticky inflation and rising debt are colliding at the same time. As the Middle East conflict drags on, oil prices remain a major threat to the inflation outlook just as global central banks are struggling to contain already elevated price pressures. Meanwhile, rising bond yields are tightening financial conditions and exposing the fragility beneath the AI-driven market rally. In this episode, we explore why a handful of Big Tech companies may be masking deeper economic weakness across global markets, why oil prices remain the key macro variable to watch, and why investors should pay close attention to rising debt, slowing growth and increasingly unstable market dynamics. Listen to find out more! Ipek Ozkardeskaya has begun her financial career in 2010 in the structured products desk of the Swiss Banque Cantonale Vaudoise. She worked at HSBC Private Bank in Geneva in relation to high and ultra-high net worth clients. In 2012, she started as FX Strategist at Swissquote Bank. She worked as a Senior Market Analyst in London Capital Group in London and in Shanghai. She returned to Swissquote Bank as Senior Analyst in 2020, and launched her own website ipekScope.com in 2025.