#oil #energy #war - Which stocks do well during oil shocks? | The Economist

13 March 2026

Is now the best time to buy “trash” stocks?

The Economist’s capital markets correspondent, Joshua Roberts, joins Rosie Blau, co-host of The Intelligence podcast, to explain why low-quality stocks over-perform during moments of market turmoil, how rising oil prices linked to the Iran war are shaking global markets, and why uncertainty can sometimes make riskier investments surprisingly appealing.