Startup Anthropic has experienced glitches with its artificial intelligence app Claude. This happened shortly after the app topped the Apple App Store charts. The company reported record volumes of user registrations. It was Anthropic's AI tools that caused investors to worry about the future of the business model of companies in a number of industries, causing a "software apocalypse" - a stock sell-off.

Anthropic has announced a glitch in its AI. This startup has launched a "software apocalypse"

Analysts expect the S&amp;P 500 to grow by 13% by the end of the year - only a sharp and sustained rise in the price of oil can change this forecast

Morgan Stanley refused to change its bullish outlook on US stocks because of the Iran war

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The Nasdaq Composite index of the US technology sector has recovered the fall it showed after the opening of trading and even gained almost 0.2%. However, the index is unstable and from time to time goes into negative territory again. At the beginning of trading on March 2, the index fell by 1.6% on the background of the conflict between the U.S. and Iran, which began on February 28.

The Nasdaq index recovered its losses and turned to growth. Investors buy on the downturn

Rolls-Royce Holdings plc

Citigroup has revised its global strategy, choosing the UK's FTSE 100 index as its main "geopolitical hedge"

Citigroup has upgraded its rating on UK stocks. Why did they become a "safe haven"? 

The U.S.-flagged tanker Stena Imperative was damaged in a Bahraini port on Monday night, Reuters <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-flagged-products-tanker-hit-by-unknown-projectiles-bahrain-port-sources-say-2026-03-02/">reported</a>, citing two sources.

U.S.-flagged tanker damaged in Bahrain port - Reuters

On the first day of trading after the start of a large-scale military conflict between Israel and the United States and Iran, in which other Middle Eastern oil-producing countries were also involved, oil prices predictably jumped. Sergey Pigarev, Senior Analyst at Freedom Finance Global, wrote for Oninvest about who in the Middle East was in a more favorable position and how long the period of high oil prices will last.

Oil prices jumped due to the war in the Middle East. Who in the region is in a better position?  

France intends to increase its nuclear arsenal and may temporarily deploy warheads abroad for the first time, French President Emmanuel Macron said. On Monday, he unveiled a new doctrine of "forward deterrence" that envisions deeper cooperation between France and European countries, Bloomberg <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-02/france-to-increase-nuclear-arsenal-with-us-commitments-in-doubt">reported</a>.

France to increase nuclear arsenal - Macron

The president of Yardeni Research believes the current campaign will not be a repeat of the protracted crises of the 1970s and advises profit taking in gold and oil

The war won't be long, says an investor waiting for gold at $10,000. What is his advice? 

The three major US stock indexes fell in early trading after the start of the US war against Iran and the ensuing mutual strikes. Gold, which was rising above $5400 in the morning, slowed down: it was up less than 1% at one point before rising again. At the same time silver started to get cheaper.

Dow drops 500 points, S&amp;P 500 loses 1%: first trading opened after US strikes

The main European indices collapsed following the Asian indices as investors react to the US and Israel's operation against Iran. Last weekend was a test for millions of people around the world: the images of Iranian bombing, US fighter jets <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/live-blog/2026-03-01/iran-latest?srnd=homepage-europe">shot down by</a> "friendly fire" and a deserted mall in Dubai are shocking: one of the first reactions is not a calculation of asset returns, but pure, evolutionary fear or at least anxiety. Psychologist Michael Tegin urges us not to fuss and to look at the facts: the market almost always recovers faster than we can imagine.

STOXX Europe 600 index down 1.9%: why our brains expect war to collapse

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd.

Shares of Israeli satellite communications company Gilat, which are traded on the Nasdaq, could rise almost 20% over the next two months, according to an investment idea put out by Freedom Broker (and seen by <i>Oninvest</i>). The selloff following the company’s latest earnings has created an attractive entry point, while rising tensions in the Middle East are boosting demand for the company’s products, the analysts said.

Freedom sees attractive entry point in satellite maker Gilat amid geopolitical morass

Disruptions in shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz and the cessation of LNG production in Qatar due to Iranian shelling threaten a repeat of the 2022 energy shock, Bloomberg writes