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War With Iran: Why Oil Didn’t Spike As Expected

March 3, 2026

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🎙️ The Speakers & Context

  • The Format: Host-led interviews with two domain experts amid breaking news.
  • The Key Players:
    • Guest 1: Matt Smith, oil analyst at Kepler (energy consulting firm); credible for decoding commodity ripples from Middle East geopolitics, drawing on prior wars like the "12-day war."
    • Guest 2: Alex Heath, author of Sources Newsletter and co-host of Access Podcast; expert on AI funding, partnerships, and political entanglements via insider tech reporting.
    • Host: Ed Elson, Profit Markets podcaster; frames markets through real-time volatility and consumer impacts.
  • The Vibe: Urgent and analytical—geopolitical alarm tempered by market resilience, blending war dread with AI froth.

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What you'll learn

  • 1 (00:00) **🎙️ Introduction: Matt Smith (Oil Analyst, Kepler)**
  • 2 (05:35) **Why Oil Rally Was Muted**
  • 3 (07:16) **Regime Change and Oil Flow Prospects**
  • 4 (08:46) **Investor Views on Stability and Sanctions**
  • 5 (16:28) **OpenAI's Record $110B Raise**
  • 6 (17:33) **🎙️ Introduction: Alex Heath (Sources Newsletter, Access Podcast)**
  • 7 (20:32) **Anthropic-Pentagon Clash and OpenAI Swoop**

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Show Notes

Ed Elson breaks down how the war with Iran is impacting oil and energy with Matt Smith. Then he discusses OpenAI’s latest funding round and the escalating tension between Anthropic and the Pentagon with Alex Heath. Finally, Ed explains how he thinks the Iran war will impact investors. 

Matt Smith is an oil analyst at Kpler. Alex Heath is the author of The Sources newsletter and co-host of the Access podcast. 

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