Analysts and economists expect Trump-Venezuela situation to not affect global economy + financial markets
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Analysts and economists covering politics, oil, crypto, and risk say the Trump-Venezuela situation is not expected to hit the global economy or financial markets in any serious way when the trading floor opens Sunday night. Yes the Venezuela invasion indeed is a very big deal, because Washington hasn’t carried out this kind of direct action in Latin America since the 1989 invasion of Panama that removed military leader Manuel Noriega under similar claims. And Cryptopolitan reported earlier that Trump told reporters at a press conference after the fact that the United States would run Venezuela with a group, adding Secretary of State Marco Rubio would work on the details. Around the same time, Trump warned that the U.S. could step in to support protesters in Iran if security forces opened fire, as unrest there left several dead and created the most serious internal challenge for Iranian authorities in years. Oil markets and investors hold steady in the face of massive geopolitical uncertainty Attention in markets has of course stayed on energy, not stocks or crypto. The OPEC+, which includes Venezuela and Russia among others, is gonna meet in a few hours to discuss output levels. Jamie Cox, managing partner at Harris Financial Group in Richmond, Virginia, said the reaction across markets is limited. “The overall market reaction will be muted. We might get some market moving news tomorrow during the OPEC meeting,” Jamie said. He added that shares of large oil companies and drillers could attract interest if talk grows around rebuilding the oil industry in Venezuela. Helima Croft, head of global commodity strategy and MENA research at RBC Capital Markets in New York, said the scale of any rebuild would be large. “This an enormous undertaking, given the decades-long decline of the oil sector, also the U.S. regime change…
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