# Stocks Decline As Investors Weigh Iran Tensions Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/mrkt-matrix-1373367/stocks-decline-as-investors-weigh-iran-tensions Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/mrkt-matrix-1373367/stocks-decline-as-investors-weigh-iran-tensions.md Podcast: [MRKT Matrix](https://stenobird.com/podcast/mrkt-matrix-1373367) Published: 2026-08-17T20:09:00+00:00 Episode link: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/RRM4928231863.mp3 Audio file: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/RRM4928231863.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/mrkt-matrix-1373367/episodes/stocks-decline-as-investors-weigh-iran-tensions Duration seconds: 448 ## Resource MRKT Matrix - Monday, August 17th S&P 500 falls as oil prices rise amid Iran tensions (CNBC) ‘Don’t get too comfortable’: Wall Street’s ‘fear gauge’ hits 2026 low — here’s why it’s unlikely to last (CNBC) US Bond Selloff Drives 30-Year Yields to Highest Since 2007 (Bloomberg) Microsoft-Tied ‘Project Odyssey’ Bond Lures Buyers at Junk Yield (Bloomberg) Why Big Tech’s AI Spending Is $3 Trillion Higher Than It Seems (WSJ) Nvidia backing $105 billion in financing for OpenAI data center in Ohio (CNBC) Private credit under strain as troubled loans swell (FT) The next China shock will come from open-source AI (FT) The global stakes of China's slowdown (Axios) --- Subscribe to our newsletter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://riskreversal.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ MRKT Matrix by RiskReversal Media is a daily AI powered podcast bringing you the top stories moving financial markets Story curation by RiskReversal, scripts by Perplexity Pro, voice by ElevenLabs ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/mrkt-matrix-1373367/episodes/stocks-decline-as-investors-weigh-iran-tensions/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/mrkt-matrix-1373367/stocks-decline-as-investors-weigh-iran-tensions.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.