Replies to post #379767 on SPDR S&P 500 (SPY)

[imiloa]

re: "Now USA and UK did biggest mistake in its history"

fwiw, the hijacked tanker seems a more likely ww3 flashpoint to me?

[[ Ship hijacked off Oman appears to change course toward Iran waters ]]
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/01/11/ship-hijacked-in-gulf-of-oman-changes-course-for-iran-waters.html

the houthis are shielded politically by the proxy war facade.
everyone knows iran backs the houthis.
and everyone knows the anti-ship missiles the houthis are firing came from iran.

but just as iran denied helping to plan/fund/arm the oct 7th hamas attack,
they will deny responsibility for what "bad actors" do with iranian weapons.

and the houthis are derailing global shipping
via potentially lethal missile attacks on civilian vessels,
which are violations of both the geneva convention
the holy juggxrnaught of elite profiteering,
which simply will not stand
in a world in which billionaires buy politicians by the dozen
and the trillionaires dictate history.

and then you're in the hague
for a multimonth/year haggling of starched-wig politicos
while the world burns down.

whereas, if reporting is accurate (still unclear to me)
iranian operatives were directly involved
in the hijacking of the tanker
and are still on board the tanker.

presumably, one of usa/uk/germany/alia
will send in seals/sas/ksk/etc...
to retake the tanker before it reaches iran.

which would put western soldiers
in direct lethal combat with iranian operatives
(assuming intel is legit).

and that's seems a harrowingly precarious ww3 trigger to me. 😢

as for the impact on SPY,
SPY is up 11%, within punching distance of all-time-high,
since the oct 7th hamas attack
that started the middle-east facet of ww3 preamble.

i def agree SPY will care at some point.
but it seems evident
from decades of empirical data
that, in modern algobot markets,
news is irrelevant
unless the exchange is cracked
or burning down.

thus, SPY 500, baby!
because they can.
and they will.
and they don't stop...