Citi's pessimistic scenario assumes the largest cryptocurrency collapses to $58,000

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Israel said it has <a href="https://oninvest.com/article/izrail-zaavil-o-likvidacii-klucevoj-figury-v-irane-pravoj-ruki-ubitogo-hamenei">eliminated</a> the Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani, he was killed in an Israeli Defense Forces airstrike on the night of March 17. He is one of the highest-ranking officials of the Islamic Republic, the right hand of the deceased Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Israel has announced the elimination of Larijani, a key executive in Iran. Why it matters

Investors may underestimate the scale of global economic turbulence, which can provoke a war in the Middle East, said the global economist of Bank of America Securities (BoFA) Antonio Gabriel. His opinion is <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-16/markets-may-be-underpricing-iran-risks-bank-of-america-warns">quoted by</a> Bloomberg. According to BoFA analysts, the main risks in connection with the armed conflict is not so much the growth of inflation, on which the markets are now focused, as the resistance of world economies to energy shocks. And also - irreversible losses in energy production in the Gulf countries, <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/stock-market-inflation-recession-iran-oil-prices-war-economy-bofa-2026-3">writes</a> Business Insider.

'Risk of irreversible loss': BofA pointed to underestimated threats of war in Iran

The main U.S. stock indices began trading on Tuesday, March 17, with a slight increase. Investors are assessing the impact of the conflict in the Middle East on energy prices<a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/oil-gains-over-2-market-weighs-iran-war-supply-risks-2026-03-17/">,</a> as well as inflation risks ahead of the two-day meeting of the Federal Reserve System, which will begin on March 18, <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/wall-street-futures-slip-higher-oil-prices-fuel-inflation-worries-ahead-fed-2026-03-17/">writes</a> Reuters.

'Keeping calm': US stocks rise despite ongoing war in Iran

Nebius Group N.V.

NVIDIA Corporation

Meta Platforms, Inc.

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Volozh's fortune rose $0.5 bln in a day after Nebius agreement with Meta

Beyond Meat, Inc.

Shares of plant-based meat producer <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/BYND/">Beyond Meat</a> fell nearly 5% in premarket trading on Tuesday after the company <a href="https://investors.beyondmeat.com/news-releases/news-release-details/beyond-meatr-reports-delay-annual-report-form-10-k-full-year">said</a>&nbsp;it would not be able to file its annual report on time. Beyond Meat stock has been “a colossal disappointment,” Motley Fool contributor Will Ebiefung <a href="https://www.fool.com/investing/2026/03/14/3-reasons-to-sell-beyond-meat-stock-before-its-too/">wrote</a>&nbsp;a few days before.

Beyond Meat shares selling off on annual report delay, preliminary 4Q revenue

Arkady Volozh's Nebius Group, a cloud provider, announced that it plans a private placement of $3.75 billion in convertible senior notes. The company's shares were down more than 5% on the premarket on March 17, following Monday's rally, when capitalization jumped nearly 15% thanks to an <a href="https://oninvest.com/article/nebius-polucil-odin-iz-krupnejsih-kontraktov-meta-na-mosnosti-dla-ii">agreement </a>with Meta.

Nebius to raise $3.75 billion through convertible bonds. The stock is down 5%

The key Emirati port of Fujairah has stopped shipping oil

Iran has set fire to a major gas field in the UAE - for the first time since the war began

Green Dot Corporation

DocGo Inc.

AEye, Inc.

Alibaba Group Holding Limited

Intuit Inc.

Dollar Tree Inc. R

Public Storage

Daily review and forecast of events on the U.S. stock market from Mikhail Denislamov, Deputy Director of Freedom Capital Markets Research.

Morning in New York: negative background intensifies

Israeli Defense Minister Yisrael Katz announced the elimination of Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani as a result of an airstrike, BBC <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cx2lr40g17kt#:~:text=Israel%E2%80%99s%20Minister%20of,Israeli%20strikes%20overnight.">reports</a>. An Israeli military official <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cx2lr40g17kt#:~:text=An%20Israeli%20military%20official%20has%20just%20confirmed%20to%20the%20BBC%20that%20Larijani%20was%20targeted%20by%20the%20IDF.">confirmed to</a> the TV channel that it was the head of the Iranian security service who was the main target of the IDF's night attack.

Israel says it has eliminated a key figure in Iran - the assassinated Khamenei's right-hand man

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

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US military weakness will hit creditor confidence and the dollar, warns Bridgewater Associates founder

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