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Investors in Wall Street seemed relieved by the fact that Iran will not have firepower to support the war for a long time and its attacks can be quite limited. So as soon as the oil price dropped more than 7% on Monday. “Interestingly, oil accelerated the fall after Iran retaliated with attacks on American bases in Qatar – a seemingly contradictory movement. One of the readings for this ‘contrasty’ is that the Iranian offensive can put the US more directly to enter the conflict, which, paradoxically, could accelerate its outcome,” Alexandro Nishimura, economist and director of Nomos.