Iran

[daskro]

The issue of Iran is burdensome to say the least.

The Iran is considered by the US to be a rogue state and has been treated as such for the last few decades. The most telling of all of this that the US does not purchase Iranian oil. Iran's two biggest consumers are China and the EU, both of which hold veto power on the UN security council. Unlike the US, the EU and China are even more dependant on Middle-eastern oil than the US is, making their stake in the region even more neccesary.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/frontpage/story/0,16518,1687381,00.html

While my interests lie in foreign policy more so than finance, I do believe that any effort by the UN security council to implement sanctions will be limited at best. They will be loose and by no means nearly as severe as those seen with Iraq in 1991. Then again, I see the UN as an ineffective organization when dealing with international relations, especially when dealing with rogue states.

As long as Iran has an economic stranglehold on world players effected by high energy prices, I don't see much change in the status quo, albeit spikes in oil prices here and there.

[Adam]

I do believe that any effort by the UN security council to implement sanctions will be limited at best. They will be loose and by no means nearly as severe as those seen with Iraq in 1991. Then again, I see the UN as an ineffective organization when dealing with international relations, especially when dealing with rogue states.

As long as Iran has an economic stranglehold on world players effected by high energy prices, I don't see much change in the status quo, albeit spikes in oil prices here and there.

I completely gree with the ineffectiveness of the UN to handle these radical states. The sanctions on Iraq, and the sadly failed UN bomb inspection missions in which the Iraqis didn't take seriously. And most important, didn't work, just made life a struggle for the everyday people while Saddam and family lived in luxury. I guess the UN hasn't figured out the those type of radicals only know one way to win or lose, to die for the cause. You can't beat devotion like that with sanctions. I feel it will only hurt the people who are not directly in the conflict. The military and goverment will still eat and live while their people suffer for their govenments cause.

I to become so political on Investing message boards, but, as mentioned earlier, the market takes all world situations into view as they affect the market. Simple law changes, stabilization or unstablization of the world must always be watched if you are a true investor who will use those situation to capitolize and profit. The world is the market. People can't get stuck in a bubble of investing not thinking about the changing world around them. Do that and you'll wind up with an outdated laggard stock that drags the bottom.

Current and future events are what open future market nitches. One can't afford to be wearing blinders at any point in investing.