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Explained: What should investors be thinking about when it comes to the Middle East crisis?

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Publish Date
Thu, 5 Mar 2026, 8:09pm
A plume of smoke rises from the port of Jebel Ali following a reported Iranian strike in Dubai on March 1, 2026. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader since 1989 and sworn enemy of the West, was killed in the opening salvo of a massive US and Israeli attack, sparking a new wave of retaliatory missile strikes from Tehran on March 1. Photo / Fadel Senna, AFP
A plume of smoke rises from the port of Jebel Ali following a reported Iranian strike in Dubai on March 1, 2026. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader since 1989 and sworn enemy of the West, was killed in the opening salvo of a massive US and Israeli attack, sparking a new wave of retaliatory missile strikes from Tehran on March 1. Photo / Fadel Senna, AFP

Explained: What should investors be thinking about when it comes to the Middle East crisis?

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Thu, 5 Mar 2026, 8:09pm

Punishing strikes continue across the Middle East as Iran retaliates to US-Israeli attacks - with Gulf states busy blocking incoming fire.

Israel continues to pummel Tehran, and has launched fresh attacks on Hezbollah in Lebanon, while Iran has launched an attack on Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq.

Fisher Funds expert Sam Dickie revealed what this week's developments could mean for investors.

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