{"id":49830,"date":"2026-04-08T18:39:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T18:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/04\/08\/2026q1-portfolio-destroyed-by-iran-us-war-heres-why-im-not-selling\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T18:39:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T18:39:29","slug":"2026q1-portfolio-destroyed-by-iran-us-war-heres-why-im-not-selling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/04\/08\/2026q1-portfolio-destroyed-by-iran-us-war-heres-why-im-not-selling\/","title":{"rendered":"2026Q1: Portfolio destroyed by Iran-US war. Here&#8217;s why I&#8217;m not selling."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since my last post, here&#8217;s what&#8217;s happened:<\/p>\n<p>The situation in the Middle East has escalated to a full-on military exchange, oil prices have soared and every taxi uncle is now a geopolitical analyst. My portfolio has taken a huge hit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let me be clear: I think the Iran-US conflict, even in a worst-case scenario, will become a footnote in history within 5 years. Nobody will care.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here&#8217;s what I think about war. No one will remember 5 years from now.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before you roll your eyes and close this tab in outrage, hear me out.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The worst case isn&#8217;t as bad as you think<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When people say &#8220;worst case scenario,&#8221; they usually mean something vague and terrifying. So let&#8217;s make this really clear. Two extreme scenarios that are borderline absurd.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Worst Case 1: Iran blows up every oil well in the Middle East<\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I mean everyone. saudi<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;version=v4.0\"><\/script><script async defer crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;version=v13.0\" nonce=\"3nfhalVK\"><\/script><script async defer crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;version=v13.0\" nonce=\"blyG8KXs\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since my last post, here&#8217;s what&#8217;s happened: The situation in the Middle East has escalated to a full-on military exchange, oil prices have soared and every taxi uncle is now a geopolitical analyst. My portfolio has taken a huge hit. Let me be clear: I think the Iran-US conflict, even in a worst-case scenario, will<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6422,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[18221,5217,1526,10010,1116,5825,367],"class_list":["post-49830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-devotionals","tag-2026q1","tag-destroyed","tag-heres","tag-iranus","tag-portfolio","tag-selling","tag-war"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49830"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49830\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49832,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49830\/revisions\/49832"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}