Europe faces recession if the crisis around the Strait of Hormuz is not resolved within a month, according to Mark Dowding, director of bond investments at RBC BlueBay Asset Management. "I think it will become inevitable," Bloomberg <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-27/rbc-bluebay-s-dowding-sees-recession-risk-for-europe-on-iran-war">quoted the </a>financier as saying.

Europe faces recession if Strait of Hormuz crisis not resolved in a month - RBC

Alphabet Inc.

Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

Exxon Mobil Corporation

In March, the cost of Brent crude oil <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/bd91441f-28fc-4c35-8ff1-10ec6141148c?syn-25a6b1a6=1&amp;emailId=9bf57894-b61a-4dea-ad65-790ae7227cea&amp;segmentId=22011ee7-896a-8c4c-22a0-7603348b7f22">rose</a> by 63%, several investment banks <a href="https://www.euronews.com/business/2026/03/18/moodys-says-a-us-recession-is-increasingly-hard-to-avoid-amid-iran-war">raised their</a> forecasts on the probability of global recession due to the war in the Middle East. Rising oil prices and the threat of a global crisis put the investor in front of an uncomfortable choice: look for protection (where?) or continue betting on growth. Private Wealth Manager Renat Faizulin has selected three stocks for Oninvest that combine both scenarios.

Where to invest $10,000 when the world is on the brink of a global recession: three stocks for April

Analysts predict a slowdown in U.S. GDP and a rise in inflation

Analysts have raised their estimates of the risk of recession due to oil. EY raised its probability to 40%

Oil shocks have preceded nearly every economic downturn in the world's largest economy over the past 80 years

'Counting on weeks': Moody's warned of imminent US recession with expensive oil

Microsoft Corporation

Meta Platforms, Inc.

Amazon.com, Inc.

The trigger for the downturn will be a sharp stock market correction that will finally destroy the so-called wealth effect, says an economist who has long tracked recession risks

Wobbly crutches: why does a renowned economist see the risk of a US crisis in 2027?

Major U.S. indices <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/08/stock-market-today-live-updates.html">collapsed</a> at the opening on March 9 by more than 1%. The war in the Middle East has pushed the oil market beyond previous stress models. Brent is trading around $100 per barrel, and at the opening of the Asian session the price rose to almost $120. The main driver is not only strikes on energy infrastructure, but also the actual stoppage of traffic through the Strait of Hormuz. For investors, this is no longer a local geopolitical episode, but a whole macroeconomic shock, which strengthened the demand for the dollar, <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/176a8568-5982-459a-a36a-d2cbf577568a?utm_source=chatgpt.com#:~:text=Iran%20war%20muddles%20expectations%20of%20likely%20Federal%20Reserve%20interest%20rate%20cuts">reduced</a> expectations of a soon easing of the Fed policy, and led to a large-scale sell-off in Europe and Asia.

A nightmare, prolonged stress or a quick pullback: what to expect on Wall Street

The latest statistics recorded a sharp cooling of the Russian economy. Economists now expect growth of only 1-1.2% this year, even in a positive scenario.

Cold, freezing, icing: will recession start in Russia?

Apple Inc.

Tesla, Inc.

NVIDIA Corporation

Netflix, Inc.

Given that September corrections are not uncommon, you have to consider your options of whether to short the Nasdaq Composite and Nvidia, buy put options on the S&amp;P 500 index, or sell everything

The curse of September: how investors can survive the most dangerous month of the year

Intel Corporation

The administration of US President Donald Trump has made an unprecedented deal with Intel - the government becomes the owner of almost 10% of the company's shares. This is not the first time that the American authorities have entered into the capital of companies in distress, but it is the first time when there is no economic crisis in the country.

A matter of national security: how Donald Trump is building his version of state capitalism

Late summer and early fall in the U.S. (and not only) is often a time of financial turmoil - it was August-October that saw the most high-profile crises of the last decades. Today, new sources of risk are being added to this season of turbulence: a boom in investment in AI infrastructure and a growing confrontation between the White House and the Federal Reserve.&nbsp; What makes August especially dangerous for investors, whether the economy is in danger of a "data center bubble" and whether Donald Trump has his own strategy in monetary policy, or whether his attacks on the Fed are just a political calculation?

Crisis season, AI and the timing of Trump's attacks on the Fed: highlights from economists' blogs

In the years following the U.S. election, August was becoming the worst month for stocks since February