Iran War Impacts Confidence in the economy is often tied to partisan politics, with Democrats seeing green when they control the White House, and Republicans ready to invest when their party is in charge. War always creates uncertainty, but uncertainty does not determine the market. A famous graph shows the near-constant ascent of American financial markets regardless of external events. Major market crashes, like the Dot-Com bubble and the Global Financial Crisis, did not originate in Washington, and policy-related declines, like Liberation Day and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are often short-lived. JP Morgan and other financial institutions do not see the Iran war dragging down Wall Street, assuming it is not an elongated conflict.&...
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Infrastructure investment due diligence
On behalf of a Canadian oilseed processer WPI's team provided market analysis, econometric modeling and financial due diligence in support of a $24 million-dollar investment in a Ukrainian crush plant. Consistent with WPI's findings, local production to supply the plant and the facility's output have expanded exponentially since the investment. WPI has conducted parallel work on behalf of U.S., South American and European clients, both private and public, in the agri-food space.